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Connecticut Historical Society collection, 1961.86.0.12 © 2009 The Connecticut Historical Socie ...
Photograph Album of Reverend J.B. Cleaveland
Connecticut Historical Society collection, 1961.86.0.12 © 2009 The Connecticut Historical Society.

Photograph Album of Reverend J.B. Cleaveland

Photographer (American, 1887 - 1889)
Photographer (American, 1839 - 1918)
Photographer (American, active 1860 - after 1889)
Photographer (American, active 1870)
Datemid 19th-late 19th century
MediumPhotography; albumen prints on paper on cardboard carte-de-visite mounts, tintypes on lacquered iron plates, some hand-colored with watercolor, in photograph album
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 3 3/4 x 2 1/2in. (9.5 x 6.4cm) Sheet (height x width): 7 1/2 x 5 1/2in. (19.1 x 14cm) Other (album height x width x depth): 8 x 6 x 3 1/2in. (20.3 x 15.2 x 8.9cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection
Object number1961.86.0.1-.59
DescriptionFormal studio portraits of Cleaveland family members and friends of Reverend James Bradford Cleaveland. Other surnames include Brown, Miller, Plant, Dutton, Daley, Barrett, Jerome, Elliott, Gillette, and Hayes. Subjects also include infants and children of the Cleaveland family. Also includes a photograph of President Abraham Lincoln and photographs of William Augur and Nathaniel Hayes wearing their Civil War Uniforms.
NotesSubject Notes: 1961.86.0.12 is a portrait of Elizabeth Jocelyn Cleaveland poetress and author of "No Sects in Heaven." She was the wife of Reverend Cleaveland and the mother of the Honorable Livingston Warner Cleaveland.

1961.86.0.29 is a portrait of Nathaniel Hayes wearing his Civil War uniform.

1961.86.0.32 is a photograph of President Abraham Lincoln.

1961.86.0.47 is a portrait of Livingston Warner Cleaveland (January 31, 1860 - March 7, 1929).

1961.86.0.52 is a formal portrait of Nathaniel Jocelyn, a noted New Haven, Connecticut painter and printer.

1961.86.0.57 is a portrait of William Augur wearing his Civil War uniform.




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