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Museum purchase, 1985.46.0, Connecticut Historical Society, No known copyright
Wealthia Elizabeth Stiles
Museum purchase, 1985.46.0, Connecticut Historical Society, No known copyright

Wealthia Elizabeth Stiles

PainterIn the style of Alexander Hamilton Emmons American, 1816 - 1884
Dateabout 1853
MediumOil on canvas in frame
DimensionsStretcher (height x width): 40 1/2 × 30in. (102.9 × 76.2cm)
Frame (height x width): 46 1/8 × 36in. (117.2 × 91.4cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineMuseum purchase
DescriptionPainting of Wealthia Elizabeth Stiles at the age of about five years, painted by an unknown artist in the style of Alexander Hamilton Emmons. Stiles is wearing a white dress, her dark blond hair parted in the middle and tucked behind her ears. She is standing in an outdoor landscape, holding a basket of flowers in her left hand and a single flower in her right. There are flowers growing at her feet and large trees and mountains in the background.
Object number1985.46.0
Subject Terms
    On View
    Not on view
    Museum purchase, 1985.47.0, Connecticut Historical Society, No known copyright
    Alexander Hamilton Emmons
    about 1847
    Gift of Elsie B. Keeney, 1988.152.7, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known copyri…
    Alexander Hamilton Emmons
    1850-1860
    Museum purchase, 1960.72.1, Connecticut Historical Society, No known copyright
    Frederick Stiles Jewett
    Gift of Miss Elsie B. Keeney, 1988.152.4, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known c…
    Alexander Johnson Keeney
    1870-1880
    Gift of Elsie B. Keeney, 1988.152.5, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known copyri…
    Alexander Hamilton Emmons
    Chest with Drawer
    Peter Blinn Jr.
    1705-1706
    Armchair
    Governor John Winthrop Jr.
    1660-1675
    Gift of Mrs. Harriet K. Maxwell, 1985.62.6, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known…
    George Kellogg
    probably 1854
    Side Chair
    Waterman family
    1805-1815
    Gift of Elinor B. Ingersoll in memory of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Avery Ingersoll, 1965.1…
    Walter Hosmer
    1891-1898
    Gift of Mrs. Edward W. Jewett, 1964.4.0, Connecticut Historical Society, No known copyright
    Alexander Hamilton Emmons
    1865
    Museum purchase, 1974.105.0, Connecticut Historical Society, Public Domain
    The Hitchcock Chair Co., Ltd.
    1973