Name/Title
Eulabee Dix, Miniature of Sarah Langdon, 1936Entry/Object ID
1936.01.004Description
Eulabee Dix was an important painter of miniatures in the early 20th century, when the fashion for such small images was revived. She was commissioned in 1936 to copy John Singleton Copley's 1767 portraits of Woodbury and Sarah Sherburne Langdon, who once owned this house. The Copley paintings are now in the collection of the Dallas Museum of Art.
Candle shield with framed miniature of Sarah Langdon. Watercolor copy from the oil portrait by J.S. Copley. See 532 for matching pair.
Frame and stand are brass with leaf decoration and a cherub's head with wings at the frame base, attaching it to the stand. The rear of the portrait is a hinged glass door, underneath which is gold fabric and a calling card from the donor, Mrs. William Gorham Rice, with the attribution to the artist, Eulabee Dix.Collection
Portsmouth Historical Society Curatorial CollectionAcquisition
Accession
1936.01Source or Donor
Rice, Harriet Langdon PruynAcquisition Method
GiftCredit Line
Gift of Mrs. William Gorham RiceMade/Created
Date made
1936Notes
Early Date: 1936Inscription/Signature/Marks
Type
LabelLocation
back, inside frameTranscription
Mrs. Woodbury Langdon / (Sarah Sherburne) / 1749-1815 / A copy of the oil portrait / By J. S. Copley - / Made in watercolor in 1936 / (but simulating the oil effect) by Eulabee DixMaterial/Technique
PenNotes
Written with a fountain pen on a calling card belonging to the donor, Mrs. William Gorham RiceDimensions
Dimension Description
Overall height, width at baseHeight
15-1/2 inWidth
4-1/2 inDimension Description
PortraitHeight
4-7/8 inWidth
3-7/8 inMaterials
Material
Watercolor, BrassMaterial Notes
Watercolor mounted in brass candleshield
