Erastus Collins, Seated
PhotographerPhotographed by
Collins Skylight Portraits
(American)
Date1847-1851
MediumPhotography; daguerreotype on silver coated copper plate under glass with gilt mat in leather paper-covered wooden case with embossed purple velvet pad
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 3 9/16 x 2 9/16in. (9 x 6.5cm)
Plate (height x width): 4 3/16 x 3 3/16in. (10.6 x 8.1cm)
Other (height x width): 4 9/16 x 3 1/2 x 9/16in. (11.6 x 8.9 x 1.4cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Elizabeth W. Temple
Object number2011.63.45
DescriptionHalf-length portrait of a man wearing a jacket, shirt, and necktie.
The case has an octagonal gilt mat, a deep purple velvet pad embossed with the photographer's imprint, and a pattern with flowers and butterflies on the front cover. The back cover is undecorated.
NotesSubject Note: Erastus Collins, born in Blanford, Massachusetts in 1815, and died in Hartford, Connecticut on 7 April 1880. He was married in Philadephia, Pennsylvania, on 26 January 1848 to Mary Sarah Atwood. The photograph was most likely taken at that time. Collins and his wife had four children, Henrietta Atwood, born 11 April 1849; Atwood, born 19 September 1851; Caroline Lyman, born 1 February 1855; and William Erastus, born 10 October 1859. Collins was owner of a dry goods business, director of Aetna Insurance Company, Society for Savings, Charter Oak Bank, American Asylum for the Deaf, and Hartford Hospital. He was a founder of the Asylum Hill Congregational Church. (Ruocco, 3/3/2012)The case has an octagonal gilt mat, a deep purple velvet pad embossed with the photographer's imprint, and a pattern with flowers and butterflies on the front cover. The back cover is undecorated.
Status
Not on view
Jane Wells
