Susan Eaton Walton Gray

Painting

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NSCDA-TN

Name/Title

Susan Eaton Walton Gray

Entry/Object ID

Gray, Susan Walton

Description

Three-quarter length portrait of subject seated in a pattern-upholstered armchair. She is facing three-quarter right with her head turned to look directly at the viewer. She is wearing a blue short-sleeved scoop-necked dress with filmy overlay on the sleeve and has a shawl of the same material crossing her lap and held by her left hand. She has a pearl three-strand choker and short necklace and pearl drop earrings with a matching bracelet on her left wrist. Her greying hair is short and curly. Her right arm is on the chair arm with her hand loosely falling over the end.

Artwork Details

Medium

Oil on Canvas

Collection

Private Collection

Made/Created

Artist

Flisher, Edith, 1885-1936

Date made

1936 - 1936

General Notes

Note Type

Historical Note

Note

Portrait of Susie Gray (Mrs. John Jefferson Gray) of Nashville, a noted philanthropist whose giving included major gifts to West End Methodist Church, Scarritt College and the 1941 rebuilding of the Beersheba Springs Hotel for use by the Methodist Church.

Create Date

July 13, 2026

Update Date

July 13, 2026