Portrait of Jane Rainey

Jane Rainey (1784–1861), Dublin, 1800–1861;

By descent to her daughter, Catherine Ann Joy (née Ludlow, 1805–1897), Bristol, Gloucester, England, 1861–1897;

By descent to her daughter, Anne Jameson (née Joy, 1837–1929), Surrey, England, 1897–1929 [1];

Mr. John W. (1905–2000) and Mrs. Martha Jane (1906–2011) Starr, Kansas City, MO, by 1958;

Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1958.

Notes

[1] According to the portrait’s inscribed backing card, “née Jane Rainer / (wife of [illeg.]. Serg^t. Ludlow) / my mother’s mother / A. Jameson (née Joy).” Anne Jameson had two children: Henry Lyster Jameson (1874–1922) and Anita Lyster Jameson (1879–1960). The portrait may have been passed down to Anita after her mother’s death at the age of 92. The Starrs were actively collecting miniatures in the 1940s and 1950s, so this portrait may have been purchased from a sale during Anita’s lifetime.