Mrs. Elizabeth Starr Clark, (painting).

Mrs. Elizabeth Starr Clark, (painting).

Dechaux, Edward, painter.

Mrs. Elizabeth Starr Clark, (painting).

Approx. 35 1/2 x 28 in.

Half length portrait of subject seated in an armchair, dressed in black with white bonnet, in front of red drapes with landscape background to right.

Portrait female -- Clark, Elizabeth Starr -- Waist length

Danbury Scott-Fanton Museum and Historical Society, 43 Main Street, Danbury, Connecticut 06810

Formerly in the collection of Mattatuck Historical Society, Mattatuck Museum, 119 West Main Street, Waterbury, Connecticut 06702

Report from Danbury in 1981 listed as unknown; 1988 report supplied artist name as Edward Dechaux. Edward Dechaux & Co. was one of the largest art material suppliers in New York City in the mid-nineteenth century.

Owner reported that the sitter, Elizabeth Starr Clark, is thought to have been a native of Brookfield, Connecticut.

Danbury Scott-Fanton Museum and Historical Society, 1988.

Danbury Scott-Fanton Museum and Historical Society, 1981.

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