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Bequest of Robert H. Schutz, Jr., 1991.60.5  © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Ellen Clark Taft
Bequest of Robert H. Schutz, Jr., 1991.60.5 © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.

Ellen Clark Taft

SubjectPortrait of Ellen Clark American, born 1827
Dateabout 1860
MediumMiniature; watercolor on ivory in metal brooch
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 1 5/16 x 1 7/16in. (3.3 x 3.6cm)
Other (height x width x depth of brooch ): 1 9/16 x 1 9/16 x 5/16in. (4 x 4 x 0.7cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineBequest of Robert H. Schutz, Jr.
DescriptionBust-length miniature portrait of a woman with brown eyes and long curled brown hair. The woman is facing left. She is wearing a black dress, white shirt, and black and gold cross earring.
Object number1991.60.5
Markings

NotesLabel Note: The story about Ellen Clark story and Mark Twain is a family reminiciance of Rober H Schutz Jr. that appeared in an article in the Hartford Courant. (Ozzone 3/8/2013)

Date Note: Object file worksheet dates this miniature about 1860, the source of this is unclear (Ozzone 4/4/2013)
On View
Not on view
Bequest of Robert H. Schutz, Jr., 1991.60.2  © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Cincinnatus Anthony Taft M.D.
before 1884
Gift of Ruth P. Hemingway, 1938.4.0  © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Samuel Smedley
1775-1783
Bequest of George Dudley Seymour, 1945.1.5, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known…
Electa Churchill Seymour
1900-1905
Bequest of George Dudley Seymour, 1945.1.4, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known…
Henry Albert Seymour
1900-1906
Bequest of George Dudley Seymour, 1945.1.1, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known…
Hilda Margaret Peck
1900
Bequest of George Dudley Seymour, 1945.1.2, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known…
Belinda Spencer Seymour
1900-1905
Bequest of George Dudley Seymour, 1945.1.6, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known…
Mary Harriet Seymour
1902
Museum purchase, 1969.19.1 © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Unknown
about 1800
Gift of Florence Ogle, 1972.11.1  © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
George Child
probably 1820s
Museum purchase, 1964.105.0  © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Riley Whiting Jr.
before 1845
Gift of Harriet Gilman, 1901.1.1Gift of Harriet Gilman, 1901.1.1  © 2013 The Connecticut Histor…
Unknown
probably 1841
Gift of C. Alfred Weatherby, 1929.2.1  © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
James Bidwell Hosmer
1795-1810