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Gift of Eva Butler, 1957.45.3  © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Unidentified Woman
Gift of Eva Butler, 1957.45.3 © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.

Unidentified Woman

Dateabout 1840-1850
MediumMiniature;watercolor on ivory on cardboard
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 4 7/16 x 3 9/16in. (11.2 x 9.1cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineGift of Eva Butler
DescriptionMiniature portrait of a woman with brown eyes and brown hair up with a black ribbon. The woman is wearing a blue dress, which falls off of her shoulders. The woman is sitting on a deep red chair.
Object number1957.45.3
NotesDate Note: The subject’s hairstyle suggests that this miniature was made during the 1840s to late 1850s.
(Ozzone 2/28/2013)
Subject Terms
    On View
    Not on view
    Bequest of George Dudley Seymour, 1945.1.2, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known…
    Belinda Spencer Seymour
    1900-1905
    Museum purchase, 1958.12.2  © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    Frederick R. Spencer
    1830
    Gift of Mary F. Lord and Katherine L. Lord, 1938.24.74  © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Socie…
    Anson Dickinson
    about 1833
    Bequest of George Dudley Seymour, 1945.1.6, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known…
    Mary Harriet Seymour
    1902
    Bequest of George Dudley Seymour, 1945.1.1, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known…
    Hilda Margaret Peck
    1900
    Gift of Mrs. William H. Bulkeley, 1965.46.8  © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    Charles William Eldridge
    before 1837
    Bequest of George Dudley Seymour, 1945.1.5, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known…
    Electa Churchill Seymour
    1900-1905
    Gift in memory of  Annie Frances Eldridge Murray, 1997.54.124  © 2013 The Connecticut Historica…
    Charles William Eldridge
    late 1830s
    Gift of Mrs. William H. Bulkeley, 1965.46.4  © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    William Verstille
    Possibly 1794
    Museum purchase, 1964.45.1 © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    Alice Maude Lovett
    late 1850s
    Gift of Mrs. Harold Wilson Rogers, 1978.30.2 © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    Charles William Eldridge
    probably 1830-1831