Adelicia Acklen with Horse Bocephalus
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File Name |
shades_belm_0003.jpg |
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Creator |
Cooper, William Browning (1811-1900) |
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Title |
Adelicia Acklen with Horse Bocephalus |
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Date |
1845 |
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Genre |
Paintings |
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Material/Technique |
Oil on canvas |
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Description |
Portrait of a dark-haired young woman in elaborate riding dress, standing with a large horse against a treed landscape. |
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Historical note |
Adelicia Hayes Franklin Acklen was a widow and the mistress of Belmont Mansion at the time of the Battle of Nashville. At the time this portrait was painted, she was married to her first husband, Isaac Franklin. Upon his death, she became one of the wealthiest women in Tennessee and inherited plantation holdings in Louisiana as well as in and around Nashville. She married Joseph Acklen, a lawyer from Huntsville, in 1849, but was again widowed in 1863. During the Civil War, she remained in Nashville but also managed to successfully oversee valuable cotton interests in Louisiana. The night before the Battle of Nashville, as many as 3000 Union troops were encamped upon the grounds of Belmont Mansion. |
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Subject |
Acklen, Adelicia, -- 1817-1887 -- Portraits; Women |
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Theme |
Taking Care of Business |
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Story |
Adelicia Acklen |
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Geographic Location |
United States--Tennessee--Nashville |
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Time period |
1840-1849 |
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Language |
eng |
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Type |
Still image |
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Format |
image/jpg |
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Contributing Institution |
Belmont Mansion |
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Digital Publisher |
Digital Initiatives, James E. Walker Library, Middle Tennessee State University |
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Reference URL |
http://content.mtsu.edu/u?/shades,205 |
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Archival file |
shades3/shades_belm_0003.jpg |
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