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Gift of The Hartford Dental Society, 2009.410.12.1  © 2015 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Photograph album
Gift of The Hartford Dental Society, 2009.410.12.1 © 2015 The Connecticut Historical Society.

Photograph album

Subject (1815 - 1848)
Date2004
MediumPhotographs
DimensionsSheet (Photos 1-12 (height x width)): 6 × 4in. (15.2 × 10.2cm) Sheet (Contributors label (height x width)): 4 × 8 1/2in. (10.2 × 21.6cm) Sheet (height x width): 8 1/2 × 6 1/2in. (21.6 × 16.5cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineHartford Dental Society
Object number2009.410.12.1-.13
DescriptionTwelve photographs of busts added to the Horace Wells memorial in Cedar Hill Cemetery.
One bust is of a woman with her head up, eyes closed and the words beneath her read "I sleep to awaken"
The second bust is of the same woman with her head up, but her eyes are open and the words beneath her read "I awaken to Glory".
Included in the album is a label noting details about the bust, who contributeed to its creation, and where it is located.
Collections
Status
Not on view
Sampler
Mariett Norton
1836
Bequest of George Dudley Seymour, 1945.1.21, Connecticut Historical Society, No known copyright
Laura Wells
about 1812
Gift of William L. Warren,1974.1.15, Connecticut Historical Society, No known copyright
Unknown
1865-1899
Figured Flask
Unknown
1847-1870
2015.77.22 © 2015 The Connecticut Historical Society
The Turner and Seymour Manufacturing Company
1866-1873
Gift of Horace Learned and Mrs. Frank W. Crocker, 1979.25.310, Connecticut Museum of Culture an ...
Mary Cheney
1870 - 1875
Child's Mug
Staffordshire potteries
1825-1845
The Death of Young Napoleon.
E.B. & E.C. Kellogg
1845-1846
Tile Medallion
Karl Gerhardt
late 19th-early 20th century