Name/Title
Cecelia Baugh RizerEntry/Object ID
Rizer, Celia BaughDescription
Three-quarter view of young girl facing directly forward and looking at the viewer. She is wearing an off-the-shoulder short-sleeved white dress with a banded waist of the same white fabric. Her left elbow is resting on a table covered with a red fabric, and her right arm hangs by her side with the hand outside the oval portrait canvas. Her dark brown hair is parted in the middle and pulled up and back. To her right an outdoor landscape can be seen.Collection
Private CollectionMade/Created
Artist
Cooper, Washington Bogart, 1802-1889Date made
1870 - 1875Provenance
Notes
Bought in August of 2007 directly from the descendants of Cecilia Baugh Rizer--has original gesso and gilded frame.General Notes
Note Type
Historical NoteNote
Cecelia Baugh was born on November 25, 1856, in Williamson County to Joseph Wilkes Baugh Sr. and Cecelia Morton Baugh. She married Young Matthew Rizer Sr. and the couple almost immediately built an Italianate mansion on 200 acres given to them as a wedding gift from her father. This house, known today as the Y. M. Rizer or Maple shade, still stands today on Del Rio Pike in Franklin. The couple had at least 4 children. She died in 1932 and is buried in Mount Hope Cemetery in Williamson County.Create Date
October 6, 2026Update Date
October 6, 2026