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Gift of The Collins Company, 1966.53.2  © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Sarah Howard Colt Collins
Gift of The Collins Company, 1966.53.2 © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.

Sarah Howard Colt Collins

Datelate 1830s
MediumMiniature; watercolor on ivory in leather-covered wooden case
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width x depth): 3 9/16 x 2 11/16in. (9.1 x 6.9cm)
Other (height x width x depth of case): 5 1/8 x 4 7/16 x 9/16in. (13.1 x 11.2 x 1.5cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineGift of The Collins Company
DescriptionHalf-length portrait of a woman with light brown hair and blue eyes. She is wearing a sheer lace cap,lace pelerine, and a black dress with a black self-fabric collar and gigot sleeves. The miniature is in a brown case with purple silk pad and yellow silk mat.
Object number1966.53.2
NotesDate Note: Date determined by subject's clothing, life dates, and information from museum records. (Ozzone 5/3/2013)
On View
Not on view
Gift of The Collins Company, 1966.53.1  © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Samuel Watkinson Collins
late 1830s
Museum purchase, 1958.12.2  © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Frederick R. Spencer
1830
Gift of C. Alfred Weatherby, 1929.2.1  © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
James Bidwell Hosmer
1795-1810
Gift of Charles Coleman Sellers, 1963.65.0  © 2012 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Waldo & Jewett
about 1815
Gift of William H. Bulkeley, 1964.12.1  © 2012 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Frances Elizabeth Waldo
late 1830s
Museum purchase, 1964.45.1 © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Alice Maude Lovett
late 1850s
Gift of Mary F. Lord and Katherine L. Lord, 1938.24.74  © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Socie…
Anson Dickinson
about 1833
Gift of Mrs. William H. Bulkeley, 1965.46.1 © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Charles William Eldridge
about 1835
Gift of Dorothy Filley Bidwell, 1956.4.115, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, Copyrigh…
Dorothy Filley Bidwell
about 1909
Gift of William H. Bulkeley, 1964.12.2  © 2012 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Loren Pinckney Waldo Jr.
probably 1838
Gift of Mrs. Harold Wilson Rogers, 1978.30.2 © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Charles William Eldridge
probably 1830-1831
Gift of William H. Bulkeley, 1964.12.3.  © 2012 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Cynthia Paulina Waldo
probably 1837-1838