Atwood Collins holding an Overcoat
PhotographerPhotographed by
Horace L. Bundy
(American, 1839 - 1918)
Date1877
MediumPhotography; albumen print on paper on cardboard mount
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 3 13/16 x 2 1/4in. (9.7 x 5.7cm)
Sheet (height x width): 3 13/16 x 2 1/4in. (9.7 x 5.7cm)
Mount (height x width): 4 1/16 x 2 7/16in. (10.3 x 6.2cm)
Sheet (height x width): 3 13/16 x 2 1/4in. (9.7 x 5.7cm)
Mount (height x width): 4 1/16 x 2 7/16in. (10.3 x 6.2cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Elizabeth W. Temple
DescriptionThree-quarter length portrait of a young man with a mustache. He is wearing a hat and a suit and holding a plaid overcoat and a walking stick. A gold watch or watch fob dangles beneath the edge of his jacket.
Object number2011.63.144
NotesSubject Note: Atwood Collins, the eldest son of Erastus Collins, was born in Hartford in 1851. He graduated from Hartford High School and from Yale College in 1873. He worked in the family dry goods business for a few years, then went to Columbia Law School and was admited to the Hartford Bar in 1880. He left practice the same year and began dealing in stocks and bonds. He was associated with the Security Trust of Hartford and many other financial institutions, including the Hartford National Bank & Trust Company, Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Company, Hartford Steam Boiler, Hartford Electric Light, Society for Savings, and Aetna Fire Insurance Company. He died in 1926. (Ruocco, 03/24/12)On View
Not on viewHorace L. Bundy