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Bequest of George Dudley Seymour, 1945.1.21, Connecticut Historical Society, No known copyright
Laura Wells Churchill and Child
Bequest of George Dudley Seymour, 1945.1.21, Connecticut Historical Society, No known copyright

Laura Wells Churchill and Child

Subject (American, 1789 - 1877)
Painter (American, 1759 - 1828)
Dateabout 1812
MediumPainting; oil on canvas
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 30 × 24 1/2in. (76.2 × 62.2cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineBequest of George Dudley Seymour
DescriptionPortrait of Laura Wells Churchill and one of her children, probably Laura Churchill (based on the date of the painting as given in the Churchill genealogy). Laura Wells Churchill is shown as a young woman turned slightly to the left, with blue eyes and dark hair worn in ringlets. Her hair is covered by a white ruffled lace cap bound tightly to her head with a pink ribbon tied in a bow. She is wearing a square-necked, short-sleeved black dress, the neck almost covered by a lace fichu fastened by a rectangular brooch of onyx, seed pearls, and gold. This matches a ring worn on the first finger of her right hand. She is also wearing gold hoop earrings. Her arms are covered by long white lace mitts.

The child sitting on Churchill's lap is wearing an elaborate lace cap and a square-necked, short-sleeved white dress.
Object number1945.1.21
NotesDate note: According to the object file, this date comes from the Churchill genealogy.
On View
Not on view
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John Churchill
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Laura Hunt Clark
1840-1850
Sampler
Jerusha Gaylord Churchill
1793-1808
, 1981.116.16  Photograph by Gavin Ashworth.  © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Unknown
about 1896
Gift of the Farquhar family, 2015.69.17 © 2016 The Connecticut Historical Society
Arthur M. Jepsen
August 1945