Emily Smiley Snowden, Smithsonian American Art Museum

Emily Smiley Snowden

No documentation exists regarding Charles Peale Polk’s commission to paint Emily Smiley Snowden. But it is possible to guess at her social and economic position from the imported silk of her dress, her hand-painted fan, embroidered shawl, and Chippendale chair

Charles Peale Polk

Creation Date: 1793
Type: Painting
Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 35 5/8 x 30 7/8 in. (90.5 x 78.4 cm)

Object #: 19764
Credit Line: Gift of Mr. Frederick E. Kline

Partner URL: http://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artwork/?id=19764
Linked Data URI: saam:object/id/1977.104
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