American: Henry Colton Shumway

Miniature portrait by Henry Colton Shumway of a Jacksonian Era lady wearing a lace cap and fichu

Kind-Looking Jacksonian Era Lady
Wearing a Lace Cap and Fichu

American
circa 1840
by Henry Colton Shumway (1807-1884)

2 1/8 x 2 3/4 inches (sight)

watercolor on ivory; housed under glass in a hinged, leather-bound
case (missing front cover) with a stamped brass mat and later-added bail

Other portraits in the Tormey-Holder Collection by Henry Colton Shumway
(click photos for larger views and additional information):

Jacksonian Era Gentleman

Sarah Mullett Hall (1780-1852;
Mrs. Charles Henry Hall)