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Portrait of Elizabeth Stirling Foote

Thomas Seir Cummings1832

Brooklyn Museum

Brooklyn Museum
Brooklyn, New York City, United States

Locket has a small window on the verso (window is empty) and glass lens is dislodged, paper and fabric backing inside; companion piece 16.687.2. Miniature is housed in fitted red leather case with latch.

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  • Title: Portrait of Elizabeth Stirling Foote
  • Creator Lifespan: American, born England, 1804-1894
  • Creator Nationality: American
  • Date Created: 1832
  • Type: Portrait, Miniatures
  • Rights: Museum Collection Fund
  • External Link: http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/10176/Portrait_of_Elizabeth_Stirling_Foote
  • Medium: Watercolor on ivory portrait in brass locket with glass lenses on both sides
  • Signed: Signed in pencil on verso: "Cummings Pinx.t; dated 1832."
  • Dimensions: Image (sight): 2 11/16 x 2 3/16 in. (6.8 x 5.6 cm)Frame: 3 x 2 5/8 in. (7.6 x 6.7 cm)Frame (height with loop): 3 7/16 in. (8.7 cm)Case: 4 3/16 x 3 1/8 x 1 in. (10.6 x 7.9 x 2.5 cm)
  • Collection: American Art
  • Artist: Thomas Seir Cummings
  • Accession number: 16.687.1
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