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Emily Smiley Snowden
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About this work
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.
Smithsonian American Art Museum’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineEmily Smiley Snowden. 1793. Charles Peale Polk, born Annapolis, MD 1767-died Richmond Courthouse, VA 1822. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mr. Frederick E. Kline. CC0.
