Eulabee Dix, Miniature of Woodbury Langdon, 1936

Painting

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Portsmouth Historical Society

Photo by Ralph Morang

Photo by Ralph Morang

Name/Title

Eulabee Dix, Miniature of Woodbury Langdon, 1936

Entry/Object ID

1936.01.005

Description

Candle shield with framed miniature of Woodbury Langdon by Eulabee Dix, copied from painting byJohn Singleton Copley (now in the Dallas Museum of Art). See also 1703.

Collection

Portsmouth Historical Society Curatorial Collection

Acquisition

Accession

1936.01

Source or Donor

Rice, Harriet Langdon Pruyn

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. William Gorham Rice

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Dix, Eulabee

Role

Painter

Date made

1936

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Notes

UDF21: paper label on back: “Judge Woodbury Langdon of Portsmouth: N.H. (1739-1805). A copy of the oil portrait by J.S. Copley. (Made in watercolor by Eulabie Dix but simulating oil) (1936)”

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

15 1/2 x 4 1/2 (base); 4 7/8 x 3 7/8 (portrait)

General Notes

Note

Woodbury Langdon died Oct. 24, 1801 Buried in North Cemetary Next to Wm. Whipple grave.

Note

2025 Adopt an Artifact---Adopted by: Carolina Obarrio Langdon