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Collection Record Detail
Object Name
Oil Painting - Lucy Morris Woodruff Seymour (Mrs. Origen Storrs Seymour)
Object Number
1918-06-3
Description
Oil on cardboard portrait of Mrs. Origen Storrs Seymour (Lucy Morris Woodruff)(1807-1894). Rectangular painting set within an ornate gilt rectangular frame with oval opening. A bust portrait of an older woman, facing left. Wavy gray hair with lace cap, brown eyes, wearing a black dress with white fichu and brown oval pin at throat. See 1918-06-1 for the portrait of Mr. Origin Storrs Seymour (1804-1881). Painted over a photo.
Comment
See 1918-06-1 for companion portrait of Mr. Seymour. Lucy Morris Woodruff (1807-1894) was born in Litchfield, the daughter of Candace Catlin and Morris Woodruff, a local merchant and politician. She attended the Litchfield Female Academy c. 1822. She married Origen Storrs Seymour in 1830, they had four children.
Category
Date Made
ca. 1870
Dimensions
14 1/4" H x 11" W; Frame: 20 1/2" H x 17 1/2" W
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