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Gift of The Collins Company, 1966.53.2  © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Sarah Howard Colt Collins
Gift of The Collins Company, 1966.53.2 © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.

Sarah Howard Colt Collins

Datelate 1830s
MediumMiniature; watercolor on ivory in leather-covered wooden case
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width x depth): 3 9/16 x 2 11/16in. (9.1 x 6.9cm)
Other (height x width x depth of case): 5 1/8 x 4 7/16 x 9/16in. (13.1 x 11.2 x 1.5cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineGift of The Collins Company
DescriptionHalf-length portrait of a woman with light brown hair and blue eyes. She is wearing a sheer lace cap,lace pelerine, and a black dress with a black self-fabric collar and gigot sleeves. The miniature is in a brown case with purple silk pad and yellow silk mat.
Object number1966.53.2
NotesDate Note: Date determined by subject's clothing, life dates, and information from museum records. (Ozzone 5/3/2013)
On View
Not on view
Gift of The Collins Company, 1966.53.1  © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Samuel Watkinson Collins
late 1830s
Museum purchase, 1958.12.2  © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Frederick R. Spencer
1830
Gift of C. Alfred Weatherby, 1929.2.1  © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
James Bidwell Hosmer
1795-1810
Gift of Mrs. Harold Wilson Rogers, 1978.30.2 © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Charles William Eldridge
probably 1830-1831
Gift of Mary F. Lord and Katherine L. Lord, 1938.24.74  © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Socie…
Anson Dickinson
about 1833
Gift of Dorothy Filley Bidwell, 1956.4.115, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, Copyrigh…
Dorothy Filley Bidwell
about 1909
Museum purchase, 1964.45.1 © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Alice Maude Lovett
late 1850s
Gift of William H. Bulkeley, 1964.12.1  © 2012 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Frances Elizabeth Waldo
late 1830s
Gift of Charles Coleman Sellers, 1963.65.0  © 2012 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Waldo & Jewett
about 1815
Gift of William H. Bulkeley, 1964.12.3.  © 2012 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Cynthia Paulina Waldo
probably 1837-1838
Gift of William H. Bulkeley, 1964.12.2  © 2012 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Loren Pinckney Waldo Jr.
probably 1838
Gift of Mrs. William H. Bulkeley, 1965.46.1 © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Charles William Eldridge
about 1835