Portrait miniature of L. Elizabeth P. Griggs
date: label: Date made
content: 1904
name: label: case maker; retailer
content: Starr, Theodore B.
notes: label: Description
content: Large-format, oval, three-quarter length portrait of a woman with blue eyes and gray hair standing three-quarters to the left in a landscape with low wall and large tree, as she turns her head and looks right. Yellow, low-necked, sloped-waist gown with white lace blouson front is embellished with a peach-colored rose; a gauzy white shawl or wrap is draped around her waist and arms. No jewelry. Light is from front left. Signed at right. Housing includes a shallow convex lens, chased bezel, and flat case with ball post-and-ring hanger; case reverse is engraved "L. Elizabeth P. Griggs / 1904." and struck "THEODORE B STARR (arched) / STERLING" at bottom. Hangs in a red velvet-covered display frame fitted to hold eight miniatures, 1989.0343.16-.23.
label: Description
content: Artist is Isabelle Victoria Hayward (1868-1967) of New York, NY, and Paterson (Manchester), Passaic, NJ.
label: Description
content: Case retailed by Theodore B. Starr of New York, NY; business was founded by Starr (1837-1907) in 1877 as successor firm of Marcus & Starr, was then incorporated by his sons in 1907 and purchased by Reed & Barton in 1918, who used the Starr name until circa 1924.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place painted
content: United States: New Jersey, Paterson
label: place case made; retailed
content: United States: New York, New York City
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bequest of Elizabeth G. Cooke
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1989.0343.20
label: catalog number
content: 1989.0343.20
label: accession number
content: 1989.0343
objectType: label: Object Name
content: painting
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: watercolor (painting material)
label: Physical Description
content: ivory (painting material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (lens material)
label: Physical Description
content: silver (case material)
label: Physical Description
content: gold (case finish material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/2 in x 5 1/8 in x 7 1/2 in; 1.27 cm x 13.0175 cm x 19.05 cm