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Bequest of Annie C. Miller, 1943.1.5, Connecticut Historical Society, No known copyright
Annie Carvil Miller
Bequest of Annie C. Miller, 1943.1.5, Connecticut Historical Society, No known copyright

Annie Carvil Miller

Dateabout 1866
MediumPainting; oil on heavy cardboard
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 22 × 18in. (55.9 × 45.7cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineBequest of Annie C. Miller
DescriptionUnfinished portrait of Annie Carvil Miller, painted when she was about 14. She is facing left, and has blue eyes and medium brown hair combed straight back from her forehead and falling in waves down her back. She is wearing a white bodice with a lace neckline, two strings of jet beads, and a black onyx cross tipped with gold. The background is blue shading to dark gray.
Object number1943.1.5
InscribedVerso: "This crude picture of / Annie C. Miller, she would / like to have kept by the / Connecticut Historical Society in Hartford. / It can be kept in a trunk or box. [entire line crossed out] / they have so very kindly consented [?] / to keep in their building / [illegible] December 30th, 1917 / Annie C. Miller"

"(The reason [?] I wanted it not destroyed / is very [?] poor [?] as it is Al[illegible] Miller [?] / who [illegible] of it, [illegible] [illegible crossed out] it [illegible] / Mr [?] [illegible] bed for thirty years). / A.C.M."

"Alice Miller / had it over her / bed for thirty years. / So, please keep it. / Annie C. Miller will / be ery grateful."
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