Elizabeth Hill Penick

Painting

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NSCDA-TN

Name/Title

Elizabeth Hill Penick

Entry/Object ID

Penick, Elizabeth Hill

Description

Middle-aged woman with short wavy brunette hair in a dark ivory colored dress and pearls seated on a gold-colored divan. She has a dark green drape around her shoulders and holds a white and yellow flower (an iris?) in her lap. A ring is visible on her right hand.

Artwork Details

Medium

Oil on Canvas

Collection

Private Collection

Made/Created

Artist

Kellogg, Martin W., 1905-1989

Date made

1939

General Notes

Note Type

Historical Note

Note

Elizabeth Hill was born on May 4, 1899, in Nashville to entrepreneur Horace Greeley Hill and Mamie Wilson Hill. She married William Ernest Penick in 1919. She died in 1973 and is buried in Mt. Olivet Cemetery.

Create Date

September 25, 2026

Update Date

September 25, 2026