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Museum purchase, 1930.1.0  © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Laura Wolcott Gibbs
Museum purchase, 1930.1.0 © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.

Laura Wolcott Gibbs

SubjectPortrait of Laura Wolcott 1794 - 1870
Date1820-1830
MediumMiniature; watercolor on ivory under glass in metal frame
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width ): 2 5/16 x 2in. (5.8 x 5.1cm)
Frame (height x width x depth ): 2 7/8 x 2 1/8 x 1/8in. (7.3 x 5.4 x 0.4cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineMuseum purchase
DescriptionBust-length portrait of a woman with brown curly hair and blue eyes. She is wearing a black dress, brown sash, and white pelerine with lace edging at the bust line. The metal frame has a loop for suspension and on the back, has an opening with a locket of braided hair under glass.
Object number1930.1.0
NotesDate Note: Subject's clothing suggests the miniature was completed between 1820-1830 (Ozzone 4/5/2013)

Subject Note: Laura Wolcott Gibbs probably attended Sarah Pierce's Female Academy (Ozzone 4/12/2013)
Subject Terms
    On View
    Not on view
    Gift of William H. Bulkeley, 1964.12.5  © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    William Verstille
    probably 1794
    Gift of Rulef C. Schanck in memory of his wife, Leona Lucy Fisher Schanck, 1935.14.2  © 2013 Th…
    Unknown
    about 1800
    Gift of Kate L. Hayden, 1921.1.0  © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    William Conner
    about 1814
    Gift of Florence Ogle, 1972.11.1  © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    George Child
    probably 1820s
    Gift of William H. Bulkeley, 1964.12.4 © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    William Verstille
    probably 1794
    Gift of Houghton Bulkeley, 1958.43.0  © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    Abijah Flagg
    early 1820's
    Bequest of George Dudley Seymour, 1945.1.5, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known…
    Electa Churchill Seymour
    1900-1905
    Museum purchase, 1964.105.0  © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    Riley Whiting Jr.
    before 1845
    Gift of Charles Coleman Sellers, 1963.65.0  © 2012 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    Waldo & Jewett
    about 1815
    Gift of Mrs. Carl Stoeckel, 1931.3.5  © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    Joseph Battell Sr.
    about 1810
    Gift of C. Alfred Weatherby, 1929.2.1  © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    James Bidwell Hosmer
    1795-1810
    Gift of William H. Bulkeley, 1964.12.7 © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    Charles William Eldridge
    probably 1825