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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

PainterAttributed to Samuel Finley Breese Morse American, 1791 - 1872
SubjectPortrait of Honorable Stephen Mix Mitchell 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
Subject Terms
    On View
    Not on view
    Gift of Walter Mitchell Chester, 1877.1.2, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known …
    Hannah Grant (Mrs. Stephen Mix) Mitchell
    Hannah Grant
    about 1825-1827
    Gift of Thomas H. Seymour, 1844.41.1, Connecticut Historical Society, Public Domain
    Morse Telegraph Message
    Samuel Finley Breese Morse
    1844
    Gift of Walter Mitchell Chester, 1877.1.3, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known …
    Judge Walter Mitchell
    Jared Bradley Flagg
    Gift of Isabel Winthrop Stuart on behalf of herself and her sister, Mrs. Grace Stuart Brocklesb…
    Stephen Bulkeley
    Stephen Bulkeley
    Gift of the estate of Geraldine W. Carmalt, 1968.48.5, Connecticut Historical Society, No known…
    William Samuel Johnson
    Senator William Samuel Johnson
    after 1793
    Museum purchase, 1975.1.1, Connecticut Historical Society, No Known Copyright
    Catherine Mix
    Richard Jennys
    1794
    Museum purchase,1975.1.2, Connecticut Historical Society, No Known Copyright
    Martha Hooker Mix
    Richard Jennys
    1794
    Gift of Sarah E. Davis, 1898.2.0, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known copyright
    Samuel Belcher
    Colonel Samuel Belcher
    about 1839
    Bequest of George Dudley Seymour, 1945.1.19, Connecticut Historical Society, No known copyright
    Abigail Hurlbut Welles
    Abigail Hurlbut Welles
    about 1914-1915
    Gift of Brenda Mitchell-Powell, daughter of Clifford Mitchell, Jr., 2018.51.6, Connecticut Hist…
    Marietta Mitchell, Brenda Mitchell-Powell, & Clifford Mitchell, Jr.
    Clifford Mitchell
    1995
    Gift of Brenda Mitchell-Powell, daughter of Clifford Mitchell, Jr., 2018.51.11, Connecticut His…
    Marietta Mitchell, Brenda Mitchell-Powell, & Clifford Mitchell, Jr.
    Clifford Mitchell
    1995
    Bequest of George Dudley Seymour, 1945.1.20, Connecticut Historical Society, No known copyright
    John Churchill
    John Churchill
    about 1812
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