Smithsonian American Art Museum
Emily Smiley Snowden
Charles Peale Polk, born Annapolis, MD 1767-died Richmond Courthouse, VA 1822 · 1793
No documentation exists regarding Charles Peale Polk’s commission to paint Emily Smiley Snowden. But it is possible to guess at her social and economic position from the imported silk of her dress, her hand-painted fan, embroidered shawl, and Chippendale chair.
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