Collection Highlights
The Intelligence Office
1849
1959.46
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Baroness de Charette (b. 1847)
Title
Baroness de Charette (b. 1847)
Date
ca. 1890-1900
Medium
Watercolor on ivory
Dimensions
Overall: 3 x 2 3/8 in. ( 7.6 x 6 cm )
Credit Line
Gift of the Estate of Peter Mari
Object Number
1905.41
Marks
signed: at left: "Behenna"
Gallery Label
Antoinette Polk was born in Nashville, Tennessee, the daughter of Colonel Andrew J. Polk of the Confederate Army and Rebecca (Van Leer) Polk who resided at Ashwood Hall. She married Baron Athanase de Charette de la Contrie (1832-1911) in Paris in 1877 and resided in France after her marriage.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
