Hartford Female Seminary
PhotographerPhotographed by
Unknown
Date1857
MediumPhotography; ambrotype on glass under glass in brass mat in thermoplastic case with velvet pad
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 3 3/8 x 2 1/2in. (8.6 x 6.4cm)
Plate (height x width): 4 x 3in. (10.2 x 7.6cm)
Other (case height x width x depth): 5 x 3 7/8 x 1in. (12.7 x 9.8 x 2.5cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineThe Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund
Object number2012.263.0
DescriptionFourteen individual oval bust-length portraits of girls are arranged in four rows within a rectangular brass mat with rounded corners.
The velvet pad has a circular design of intertwining flowers and foliage. The front cover of the thermoplastic case features an oval central design of a woman on horseback holding a falcon on her wrist, accompanied by a boy and a dog. A pattern of interlaced leaves surrounds the oval. The back cover features a cupid kneeling on the back of an antlered stag, surrounded by a border of birds and flowers.
NotesMedium Note: The image is based on a grouping of fourteen individual portraits, probably daguerreotypes.The velvet pad has a circular design of intertwining flowers and foliage. The front cover of the thermoplastic case features an oval central design of a woman on horseback holding a falcon on her wrist, accompanied by a boy and a dog. A pattern of interlaced leaves surrounds the oval. The back cover features a cupid kneeling on the back of an antlered stag, surrounded by a border of birds and flowers.
The front cover of the thermoplastic case has the Huntress and Falcon design, Plate 44 in Rinhart, American Miniature Case Art. This design is based on the E.B. & E.C. Kellogg print, Hawking (1950.169.0).
The back cover of the thermoplastic case has the Cupid and the Wounded Stag design, Plate 35 in Rinhart, American Miniature Case Art.
Subject Note: The Hartford Female Seminary was established in 1823 by Catharine Beecher. It was one of the first important female educational institutions in the United States. (Finlay 4/10/2012)
Subject Note: The portraits are identified as:
June 24th 1857 Hattie B. Lord / Hartford, / Conn.
June 24, 1857 Ellen E. Chamberlin / Hartford / Conn.
June 24, 1857 Nellie Kingsbury / Hartford
June 30th, 1857 Jennie C. Pitkin / Colebrook / New Hampshire
R.D. / June 24th, 1857 Maggie R. Hodgkins / Bath / Maine
June 25th, 1857 Amelia E. Olmsted / U.S.A.
R.D. / June 24th, 1857 Mina V. Fiske / Utica, N.Y.
June 24, 1857 Kate M. Welles / Wethersfield / Conn.
June 24, 1857 Mary L. Broune / H.F. Seminary
une 25th, 1857 Clara E. Hillyer / Hartford
June 25th, 1857 Fannie M. Blake / Houston / Texas
June 24th, 1857 Belle S. Camp / H.F. Seminary
June 22nd, 1857 Hattie E. Hamilton / H.F. Seminary
Status
Not on view
Edmund Burke Kellogg
1850-1860
