Belinda Spencer Seymour
SubjectPortrait of
Belinda Spencer Seymour
(1792 - 1873)
ArtistPainted by
Mildred C. Jordan
(American, born 1874)
Date1900-1905
MediumMiniature; watercolor on ivory in wooden frame
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width ): 4 1/2 x 3 1/2in. (11.4 x 8.9cm)
Frame (height x width ): 7 3/8 x 6 3/8in. (18.7 x 16.2cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineBequest of George Dudley Seymour
Object number1945.1.2
DescriptionPortrait of an elderly woman, seated, facing slightly to her right. She has dark eyes and grey hair hidden under a white bonnet with two ribbons hanging down to shoulders. She wears a black dress with a white collared shirt and a black shawl draped over shoulders and tucked around her arms. Hers hands are on her lap.
Written at top of portrait in black watercolor, "BELINDA SPENCER SEYMOUR / MDCCXCII MDCCCLXXIII". Set in a black wooden frame with a gold metal border around portrait and metal susspension ring at top; frame backing is a cardboard material nailed to wooden edges. Four labels are placed on back; an off white label with two different handwritten inscriptions in ink, the first, "She was born on June 4, 1792 on Fall /Mountain where her father, Henry Spencer /owned a farm to which /he had removed from /Wallingford. She died at Springfield /Mass. Nov. 19, 1873"; the second, "Portrait of /Mrs. Belinda Spencer Seymour /Owner George Dudley Seymour /868 Chapel St. /New Haven, CT /Miniature By/ Miss Mildred C. Jordan"; a brown artist label, printed and handwritten across in ink, "SOCIETY OF AMERICAN ARTISTS /215 WEST 57th STREET, NEW YORK /Artist Mildred C. Jordan /Address 129 Whalley Ave, New Haven, Ct /Title Miniature /Agent Geo. F. /Address 3 E. 28th St. N.Y. /ATTACH THIS SECTION ONLY, WITHOUT SEPARATING"; a red and white label with the number 3 written in ink, along with two black stamps, one with an image of wings and the other a monogram in script, "GDS"; a white store label at center, printed across in black, "ART STORE /NEW HAVEN, CT".
NotesObject Note: This is miniature is one of eight that George Dudley Seymour commisioned Mildred Jordan to paint, most based on various portraits in his possession. The subject, Belinda Spencer Seymour, his grandmother, was done from a Daguerreotype. Comparing this to the other portraits, this was probably done around 1900-1905. (Lee 10/24/2014)Written at top of portrait in black watercolor, "BELINDA SPENCER SEYMOUR / MDCCXCII MDCCCLXXIII". Set in a black wooden frame with a gold metal border around portrait and metal susspension ring at top; frame backing is a cardboard material nailed to wooden edges. Four labels are placed on back; an off white label with two different handwritten inscriptions in ink, the first, "She was born on June 4, 1792 on Fall /Mountain where her father, Henry Spencer /owned a farm to which /he had removed from /Wallingford. She died at Springfield /Mass. Nov. 19, 1873"; the second, "Portrait of /Mrs. Belinda Spencer Seymour /Owner George Dudley Seymour /868 Chapel St. /New Haven, CT /Miniature By/ Miss Mildred C. Jordan"; a brown artist label, printed and handwritten across in ink, "SOCIETY OF AMERICAN ARTISTS /215 WEST 57th STREET, NEW YORK /Artist Mildred C. Jordan /Address 129 Whalley Ave, New Haven, Ct /Title Miniature /Agent Geo. F. /Address 3 E. 28th St. N.Y. /ATTACH THIS SECTION ONLY, WITHOUT SEPARATING"; a red and white label with the number 3 written in ink, along with two black stamps, one with an image of wings and the other a monogram in script, "GDS"; a white store label at center, printed across in black, "ART STORE /NEW HAVEN, CT".
Status
Not on view
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