Ella Perkins Bailey

Painting

NSCDA-TN

Name/Title

Ella Perkins Bailey

Entry/Object ID

Bailey, Jane Perkins

Description

Young girl with brown corkscrew curls in white dress decorated with red roses.

Artwork Details

Medium

Oil on Canvas

Collection

Private Collection

Made/Created

Artist

Cooper, Washington Bogart, 1802-1889

Date made

1868 - 1874

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Frame

Height

31 in

Dimension Description

Canvas

Height

23 in

Width

19 in

Condition

Overall Condition

Excellent

Date Examined

Jun 17, 2008

Conservation

Treatment

Treatment Notes

Recently restored (after serious damage incurred during move) by Gianfranco Pocobene, conservator of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston.

Provenance

Notes

Inherited from owner's father, Samuel Perkins Bailey, who inherited painting from his mother, the subject of the painting.

General Notes

Note Type

Historical Note

Note

Jane Ella Perkins was born on August 27, 1866, to Samuel Fearn Perkins and Theresa Ewin Perkins. She married William Bailey, a physician and son of James Edmund Bailey and Elizabeth Lusk Bailey. Ella died on March 18, 1946, and is buried in Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Nashville.

Created By

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Create Date

April 29, 2026

Updated By

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Update Date

May 10, 2026