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Bequest of Annie C. Miller, 1943.1.4, Connecticut Historical Society, No known copyright
Martha Webster Miller
Bequest of Annie C. Miller, 1943.1.4, Connecticut Historical Society, No known copyright

Martha Webster Miller

SubjectPortrait of Martha Webster Miller American, 1820 - 1894
MediumPainting; oil on canvas
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 27 × 23in. (68.6 × 58.4cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineBequest of Annie C. Miller
DescriptionPortrait of Martha Webster Miller (Mrs. Henry Lewis Miller), depicted as a young woman. She is facing left, and has dark hair parted in the middle and pulled back, with ringlets framing her face. She is wearing a low-necked, short-sleeved white bodice and a red-trimmed green cloak. She is wearing a necklace with a very thin gold chain, suspended from which is a brooch that sits at the throat of the dress. The background is a dull brown.
Object number1943.1.4
NotesConstituent note: In the object file, there is a letter from the executor of Annie Carvil Miller's estate stating that the previously-unfinished portrait of Martha Webster Miller was finished by William C. Loring.
On View
Not on view
Bequest of Annie C. Miller, 1943.1.2, Connecticut Historical Society, No known copyright
Henry Lewis Miller
Gift of Elizabeth Yale Hall, 1973.11.2, Connecticut Historical Society, No known copyright
Hannah Scoville Yale
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Unknown
about 1848
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Parthenia Beckwith
1840-1855
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Unknown
June 1857
Gift of Mrs. Sidney Locke, 1950.60.0, Connecticut Historical Society, Public Domain
Martha Webster
1836-1840
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Martha Street
1841