E-6: English Library of the Queen Anne Period, 1702-50
c. 1937
Medium
Miniature room, mixed media
Dimensions
Scale 1 inch = 1 foot: 32.5 × 52.5 × 54.5 cm (12 13/16 × 20 11/16 × 21 1/2 in.); Interior, Scale 1 inch = 1 foot: 33.1 × 53.4 × 53.7 cm (13 × 21 × 21 1/8 in.)
Classification
miniature
Department
Applied Arts of Europe
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
43700
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...