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Catalog Number |
UT2019.1 |
Object Name |
Painting |
Description |
Young blond woman seated with dog at right. Portrait of Barbara Blount, one of the first female students at Blount College (later the University of Tennessee) in 1804. Mary Etta Grainger was a prominent Knoxville art teacher and artist, recognized for her traditional portraits, and pastels of the Smoky Mountains. The subject of this portrait is Barbara Blount (1792–1836), the daughter of territorial governor and US senator William Blount, who helped found Blount College in Knoxville. Barbara Blount was recognized as the first co-ed in the US, and along with Grainger’s great-grandmother Jenny Armstrong, was one of the first five women enrolled at Blount College—today known as University of Tennessee. Grainger gifted this portrait to the University, along with one of her great-grandmother and two other coeds, in honor of these women. The sitter for this portrait was Mary Tunison (nee Mary Feeman), who attended UT from 1949-51, but didn't finishe her studies. Tunison (nee Feeman) was the fourth great-granddaughter of Gov. William Blount, whose daughter was Barbara Blount. Mary Etta Grainger asked Tunison to sit for the portrait. |
Title |
Portrait of Barbara Blount |
Date |
1953 |
Role of Creator |
Artist |
Creator |
Grainger, Mary Etta |
Medium |
oil on canvas |
Dimensions |
H-54.5 W-36 inches |
Place of Origin |
US/TN/Knox/Knoxville |
Culture |
American |
Subjects |
Dogs Education Hats Painting Portraits Women Women's education |
People |
Blount, Barbara |
Relation |
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