Lady with brown hair and brown eyes, in red velvet dress trimmed with white lace at the neckline and sleeves, black enamel cross at neckline, black enamel and gold earring, and gold bracelet.
Artwork Details
Medium
Oil on Canvas
Collection
Private Collection
Made/Created
Artist
Lundgren, Emma
Date made
1885 - 1895
General Notes
Note Type
Historical Note
Note
Subject was the second child of Isaac Wilkins Briggs and Dolly Madison Bennett Briggs and was born 20 February 1836 in Williamson County, Tennessee. Subject died 20 June 1922. She married James William Harrison 10 October 1869. They had no children and adopted Annie James Briggs, one of 6 children of her deceased brother, George Briggs. As reported in an article in the May 8, 1932 issue of The Nashville Banner, her escapades during the Civil War were legendary in aiding Confederate soldiers.
