Portrait of Elizabeth Stirling Foote

• Artist: Thomas Seir Cummings
• Medium: Watercolor on ivory portrait in brass locket with glass lenses on both sides
• Dates: 1832
• Dimensions: Image (sight): 2 11/16 x 2 3/16 in. (6.8 x 5.6 cm) Frame: 3 x 2 5/8 in. (7.6 x 6.7 cm) Frame (height with loop): 3 7/16 in. (8.7 cm) Case: 4 3/16 x 3 1/8 x 1 in. (10.6 x 7.9 x 2.5 cm)
• Signature: Signed in pencil on verso: "Cummings Pinx.t; dated 1832."
• Collection: American Art
• Museum Location: Brooklyn Museum, BMA, 5Q12-LUCE, Unit 47, Dwr. A
• Accession Number: 16.687.1
• Image: 16.687.1_PS1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, Nov 30, 2005

Catalogue Description:
Locket has a small window on the verso (window is empty) and glass lens is dislodged, paper and fabric backing inside; companion piece 16.687.2. Miniature is housed in fitted red leather case with latch.