Bequest of George Dudley Seymour, 1945.1.6, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known…

Mary Harriet Seymour

SubjectPortrait of Mary Harriet Seymour (American, 1849 - 1926)

ArtistPainted by Mildred C. Jordan (American, born 1874)

Date1902

MediumMiniature; watercolor on ivory in wooden frame

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 3 1/2 x 2 3/4in. (8.9 x 7cm)
Frame (height x width ): 6 1/4 x 5 1/4in. (15.9 x 13.3cm)

ClassificationsPainting

Credit LineBequest of George Dudley Seymour

DescriptionBust-length portrait of a woman facing slightly to her left. She has blue eyes and brown hair braided up. She wears a white dress with a green undershirt shown under collar.
Handwritten in pencil on left bottom edge of portrait, "M.C. Jordan 1902". Set in a black wooden frame with a gold metal border around portrait and metal suspension ring at top; frame backing is a cardboard material nailed to wooden edges. Three labels are placed on back; an off-white label, handwritten across in ink, "Portrait of - / Miss Mary Harriet Seymour / Owner George Dudley Seymour / 868 Chapel St. / New Haven, /Ct. / Miniature by /Miss Mildred C. Jordan"; a red and white label with the number 6 handwritten in ink, along with two black stamps, one with an image of wings and the other a monogram in script, "GDS"; a white label, printed across, "Miss Mary Hariet Seymour".

Object number1945.1.6

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, Mary Harriet Seymour, is Seymour's sister when she was a young girl, probably about seventeen. (Lee 10/24/2014)

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