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Barbara Blount Painted Portrait

Painted Portrait of Barbara Blount

Barbara Blount, 1953, Mary Etta Grainger (American, 1880-1963), Oil on canvas, 54.5 x 36 inches, Gift of the artist, 0000.99.103.

The daughter of U.S. Senator William Blount, Barbara Blount (1792-1836) was one of the first five co-eds to attend Blount College, today known as the University of Tennessee. Knoxville artist Mary Etta Grainger, whose own great-grandmother was among these trailblazing women, honored Barbara and her cohort in a series of traditional portraits.