Unknown, Portait of a Woman, ca. 1800

Mrs. Helen Carew (d. 1951), by October 15, 1951;

Purchased from her posthumous sale, Objects of Art and Vertu: Fine Gold Watches and Boxes and Miniatures, Christie, Manson, and Woods, London, October 15, 1951, lot 9, as Portrait of a Lady, by Leggatt Brothers, London, probably on behalf of Mr. John W. (1905–2000) and Mrs. Martha Jane (1906–2011) Starr, Kansas City, MO, 1951–August 7, 1958 [1];

Their gift, through the Starr Foundation, Inc., Kansas City, MO, to the Philbrook Art Center, now Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, OK, 1958.

Notes

[1] “Portrait of a lady, by Dumont, signed, wearing décolleté blue dress and lace cap on her powdered hair, circular 2 5/8 in. diam., wood frame.” Leggatt bought lot 9 for £16 16s. Archival research has shown that Leggatt Brothers served as purchasing agents for the Starrs. See correspondence between Betty Hogg and Martha Jane Starr, May 15 and June 3, 1950, Nelson-Atkins curatorial files.

Objects of Art and Vertu: Fine Gold Watches and Boxes and Miniatures (London: Christie’s, October 15, 1951), 4, as Portrait of a Lady.