Jabez Williams Huntington
PainterPainted by
Waldo & Jewett
(American, 1820 - 1854)
SubjectPortrait of
Jabez Williams Huntington
(American, 1788 - 1847)
Dateabout 1815
MediumMiniature; watercolor on ivory in metal frame under glass in wooden leather covered case with brass hooks.
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 2 11/16 x 2 7/16in. (6.9 x 6.2cm)
Frame (height x width x depth ): 4 5/16 x 3 9/16 x 9/16in. (11 x 9 x 1.4cm)
Other (height x width x depth of case): 3 7/8 x 2 7/8 x 1/8in. (9.8 x 7.3 x 0.4cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineGift of Charles Coleman Sellers
Object number1963.65.0
DescriptionBust-length miniature portrait of a man with dark brown hair wearing a gray jacket, cravat or stock, white shirt, and black waistcoat. Metal frame is deeply molded and has a suspension loop. The square frame fits in a red leather covered case with brass hooks; the case has a green velvet pad.
Label TextJabez Williams Huntington was born in Norwich, Connecticut on 8 November 1788. He graduated Yale in 1806. Huntington went on to study under Judge Tapping Reeve and James Could at the Litchfield Law School, the first formal law school in the United States. Huntington practiced law for about 30 years in Litchfield and until his death on 1 November 1847 in Norwich.
NotesSubject Note: Manuscript document in museum object file reads "Portrait of Jabez W. Huntington of Norwich, Connecticut, painted in New York City AD. 1815 by 'Waldo & Jewett' given by him to Hezikiah Rudd (of Scotland, Windham Co.) his friend & former Roommate in Yale College, Class of 1806." This notation was written by Charles De Forest Rudd, nephew of Hezikiah Rudd.(Ozzone 2/28/2013)
Medium Note: Cases of this sort were commonly manufactured for daguerreotypes. (Ozzone 3/4/2013)
Date Note: The object file and note of inscription indicates that this miniature was made in 1815, but it is unclear if that is the correct date of the miniature because Waldo & Jewett did not go into business until 1820. (Ozzone 3/5/2013)
Status
Not on view
before 1845
