Young woman seated on a red chair. She is wearing a dark dress with white lace around the bust line and sleeves.
Artwork Details
Medium
Oil on Canvas
Collection
Private Collection
Made/Created
Artist
William Brown Cooper (1811-1900)
Date made
1872 - 1874
General Notes
Note Type
Historical Note
Note
Margaret L. Steele was born on November 10, 1844, in Bedford County, to Volney Steele and Sarah Smith Steele. She married Dr. Richard Caswell Swain and they had one daughter. He died in 1872 and she subsequently married Capt. Bailey Peyton Steele in 1875 and they had at least two children. She died in 1895 and is buried in Riverside Cemetery in Asheville.
