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Gift of Walter Mitchell Chester, 1877.1.1, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known …
Judge Stephen Mix Mitchell
Gift of Walter Mitchell Chester, 1877.1.1, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known copyright

Judge Stephen Mix Mitchell

Painter (American, 1791 - 1872)
Subject (American, 1743 - 1835)
Dateabout 1825-1827
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 29 3/4 × 24 3/4in. (75.6 × 62.9cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineGift of Walter Mitchell Chester
DescriptionPortrait of Stephen Mix Mitchell as an older man attributed to Samuel F.B. Morse. Mitchell is wearing a white wig, a black coat and vest, and a white collar and ruffled shirt. The background is dark red on the right and fades to black at the left. The painting is in a gilded frame.
Object number1877.1.1
On View
Not on view
Gift of Walter Mitchell Chester, 1877.1.2, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known …
Hannah Grant
about 1825-1827
Gift of Thomas H. Seymour, 1844.41.1, Connecticut Historical Society, Public Domain
Samuel Finley Breese Morse
1844
Gift of Walter Mitchell Chester, 1877.1.3, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known …
Jared Bradley Flagg
Gift of Isabel Winthrop Stuart on behalf of herself and her sister, Mrs. Grace Stuart Brocklesb…
Stephen Bulkeley
Gift of the estate of Geraldine W. Carmalt, 1968.48.5, Connecticut Historical Society, No known…
Senator William Samuel Johnson
after 1793
Museum purchase, 1975.1.1, Connecticut Historical Society, No Known Copyright
Richard Jennys
1794
Museum purchase,1975.1.2, Connecticut Historical Society, No Known Copyright
Richard Jennys
1794
Gift of Sarah E. Davis, 1898.2.0, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known copyright
Colonel Samuel Belcher
about 1839
Bequest of George Dudley Seymour, 1945.1.20, Connecticut Historical Society, No known copyright
John Churchill
about 1812
Gift of Douglas M. Case, 1979.82.0  © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Judge Samuel A. Law
1831