Lady Arabella Stuart portrait, Raleigh, NC, circa 1950
- Subject
- Portraits
- Card type
- Lithograph
- Date
- c. 1950 (Chrome)
About this postcard
The portrait shows Lady Arabella Stuart full length in Elizabethan dress, with a large ruff collar and a fan-shaped headdress, standing before a patterned tapestry or chair on a tiled floor. The caption names the painter as Marc Geerarts, likely a garbled form of Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger, the Flemish-born English portraitist known for court portraits of the late 16th and early 17th centuries. Arabella Stuart was a cousin of James I and a claimant to the English throne. Her secret marriage to William Seymour in 1610 led to imprisonment in the Tower of London, where she died in 1615.
Postcard Details
No address detected
Postcard record
| Publisher | Arthur Jaffé Heliochrome Co. |
|---|---|
| Series | N946 |
| Condition | Excellent |
| Publisher | Arthur Jaffé Heliochrome Co., New York, NY |
| Notes | White border. No postmark. Mid-20th-century chrome-era art reproduction card; glossy surface with white border on front. Back is blank apart from the printed text: caption "THE PORTRAIT OF LADY ARABELLA STUART (40" x 61")", Marc Geerarts (16th Century), The North Carolina Museum of Art; series N946; publisher line "Printed by Arthur Jaffé Heliochrome Co., New York City, U.S.A." Dealer/price pencil mark "#59 1-" at lower right. No address, no message. |
Cite this card
Lady Arabella Stuart portrait, Raleigh, NC, circa 1950, postcard, c. 1950. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/lady-arabella-stuart-portrait-raleigh-nc-circa-1950. Accessed November 2, 2026.