Stephen Mix Mitchell
MakerMade by
William H. Brown
(American, 1808 - 1883)
SubjectPortrait of
Honorable Stephen Mix Mitchell
(American, 1743 - 1835)
Date1843
MediumSilhouette; cut paper with shadow pencil mounted on wove paper containing lithographic scene with ink wash, mounted on cardboard.
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (silhouette height x width): 13 x 11 3/8in. (33 x 28.9cm)
Sheet (height x width): 13 13/16 x 11 5/16in. (35.1 x 28.7cm)
Mount (height x width): 13 13/16 x 11 7/16in. (35.1 x 29.1cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineGift of William Henry Brown
Object number1843.34.8
DescriptionFull length silhouette portrait of a portly man facing right. He is wearing a coat and trousers and has a top hat on his head. His right arm is resting at his side with a slight bend at the elbow. The man stands in the bend of a dirt road with the trunk of a tree behind him. A river or lake and hills or mountains are in the background.
NotesSubject Note: Stephen Mix Mitchell (1743-1835) became a representative in the General Assembly of the State of Connecticut in 1778; Associate Judge of the Hartford County Court in 1779; Judge of the Superior court in 1795; and Chief Justice of the Connecticut in 1807. He remained a representative in the General Assembly until his transfer to the Upper House of the Legislature in 1784. He was re-elected to the House of Assistants in 1785 and 1787-1792. Mitchell served in the United States Senate from 1793-1795. He was a delegate to the Continental Congress in 1783, 1785, and 1787, and he was a member of the Connecticut State Convention which ratified the United States Constitution.Status
Not on view
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