Museum purchase, 1981.82.0.13 © 2009 The Connecticut Historical Society.

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Museum purchase, 1981.82.0.45 © 2009 The Connecticut Historical Society.

Museum purchase, 1981.82.0.12 © 2009 The Connecticut Historical Society.

Museum purchase, 1981.82.0 © 2009 The Connecticut Historical Society.

Photograph Album of Bidwell Family

Date1860s

MediumPhotography; albumen prints on paper on cardboard carte-de-visite mounts, tintypes on lacquered iron plate, in photograph album

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 3 1/2in. (8.9cm) Sheet (height x width): 5 3/4 x 4 1/2in. (14.6 x 11.4cm) Other (album height x width x depth): 6 x 5 x 2 1/2in. (15.2 x 12.7 x 6.4cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineMuseum purchase

Object number1981.82.0.1-.50

DescriptionFormal studio portraits of members of the Bidwell family. Other surnames of sitters include Beecher, Hart, Bentley, Watson, Welch, Howd, Seymour, and Case. Some subjects are infants and children of the Bidwell family.

NotesSubject Notes: 1981.82.0.10 is a portrait of Alice Hart Bidwell; 1981.82.0.11 is a portrait of Doctor John Welch Bidwell; 1981.82.0.13 is a portrait of Alice Louise Bidwell as a young girl, holding a doll.

Status

Not on view