Edith Dean Weir (after John Trumbull), John Langdon, 1899

Object/Artifact

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Portsmouth Historical Society

Photo by Ralph Morang

Photo by Ralph Morang

Name/Title

Edith Dean Weir (after John Trumbull), John Langdon, 1899

Entry/Object ID

1936.01.014

Description

Miniature of John Langdon, painted by Edith Dean Weir, in New Haven, 1899. Copy of portrait painted by J. Trumbull, Philadelphia 1792. Oval in shape, in gold tone metal frame with loop on the top. Weir (later Perry) was the daughter of John Ferguson Weir (1841-1926), the head of the School of Fine Arts at Yale, and painted the miniature during her education there. She went on to be a prolific painter of miniatures and author of books on several topics. Married James DeWolf Perry,

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

Weir, Edith Dean

Date made

1899

Dimensions

Height

3-3/4 in

Width

3 in

Material

oil paint on ivory