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Portrait of Elizabeth Stirling Foote
Thomas Seir Cummings1832
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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Details
- 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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