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Margaret Cairns Telfair Hodgson

Artist Shakespeare Wood (British, 1827 - 1886)

Sitter Margaret Telfair Hodgson (American, 1797 - 1874)

Date1852

MediumMarble

Dimensions30 × 20 3/8 × 5 inches (76.2 × 51.8 × 12.7 cm)

Credit LineBequest of Mary Telfair.

Object number1875.32

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CopyrightThe images and text contained on this page are owned by Telfair Museums or used by the Museum with permission from the owners. Unauthorized reproduction, transmission or display of these materials is prohibited with the exception of items deemed “fair use” as defined by U.S. and international copyright laws.Label TextMary Telfair and her sister Margaret were extremely close; Margaret traveled with Mary on both her 1841-2 and 1851-2 trips to Italy. This marble portrait of Margaret was created by British artist Shakespeare Wood in Rome in 1852. Mary’s portrait (on view on the other side of this case) was created in Savannah in 1860 to match the size and format of Margaret’s. Both portraits are typically on view in the Drawing Room of the Telfair Academy.

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