Portrait of King George IV as Prince Regent

With Miss Jackson’s, Tulsa, OK, by 1937 [1];

Purchased from Miss Jackson’s by Leonora Carr Phillips (1876–1966), 1937;

Given to her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. John W. (1905–2000) and Mrs. Martha Jane (1906–2011) Starr, Kansas City, MO, December 25, 1937–1958 [2];

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

Notes

[1] Miss Jackson’s department store was founded in Tulsa, OK, by Nelle Jackson (1872–1966) in 1910. Martha Jane Starr’s uncle Waite Phillips was a friend and patron of Nelle Jackson’s enterprise, and when he built the Philtower skyscraper in downtown Tulsa in 1927, his first tenant was Miss Jackson’s. Saundra Adams, “Miss Jackson’s Closes Its Doors for the Last Time,” KTUL, January 5, 2016, https://ktul.com/news/local/miss-jacksons-closes-its-doors-for-the-last-time.

[2] This miniature is the only identifiable work from the Starrs’ initial collection. It is listed in an early inventory as number 16, “King Geo[rge] IV—By Paul Fischer 1823. Gift Xmas 1937—Found Miss Jackson’s Shop by Mrs. Phillips.” This 1937 Christmas gift from Mrs. Starr’s mother was marked with an asterisk as one they planned to keep. Inventory, undated [1930s], Box 22, Folder 9, LaBudde Special Collections, University of Missouri—Kansas City.