E-4: English Drawing Room of the Late Jacobean Period, 1680-1702
c. 1937
Medium
Miniature room, mixed media
Dimensions
Scale 1 inch = 1 foot: 41.9 × 66.3 × 54.1 cm (16 1/2 × 26 1/8 × 21 5/16 in.); Interior, Scale 1 inch = 1 foot: 42.6 × 67.4 × 55 cm (16 3/4 × 26 1/2 × 21 5/8 in.)
Classification
miniature
Department
Applied Arts of Europe
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
43693
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...