Emily Smiley Snowden

Emily Snowden Charles Peale Polk, born Annapolis, MD 1767-died Richmond Courthouse, VA 1822

1790

Medium: oil on canvas
Genre: Paintings
Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC, US

Styles

Painting

Tags

fansClothing and dresswomenportraitsDress accessories

About

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.