A7: New Hampshire Entrance Hall, 1799
c. 1940
Medium
Miniature room, mixed media
Dimensions
Scale 1 inch = 1 foot: 27.5 × 41.3 × 42.5 cm (10 7/8 × 16 1/4 × 16 3/4 in.); Interior, Scale 1 inch = 1 foot: 28 × 42 × 43.2 cm (11 × 16 1/2 × 17 in.)
Classification
miniature
Department
Applied Arts of Europe
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
45333
About the Artist
Narcissa Niblack Thorne · 1882–1966
Narcissa Niblack Thorne (1882–1966) was born on May 2 in Vincennes, Indiana, the eldest child of William Niblack and Frances Caldwell Niblack. Her family relocated to Chicago during her childhood, where she received a patchwork education: homeschooled by a governess, public schooling from age eleven, private classes, and finishing at the elite Kenwood Institute in Hyde Park. Extensive family trave...