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Gift of Elizabeth Yale Hall, 1950.1.1, Connecticut Historical Society, No known copyright
William Mather
Gift of Elizabeth Yale Hall, 1950.1.1, Connecticut Historical Society, No known copyright

William Mather

Painter (American, 1832 - 1893)
Date1868
MediumPainting; oil on canvas in frame
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 27 × 22in. (68.6 × 55.9cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineGift of Elizabeth Yale Hall
Object number1950.1.1
DescriptionPortrait of William Mather painted by William Ruthven (W. R.) Wheeler. Mather is in later middle age and is wearing a dark jacket, white shirt front, and large black tie that appears to be knotted into a large bow.
Status
Not on view
Gift of Elizabeth Yale Hall, 1950.1.2, Connecticut Historical Society, No known copyright
William Ruthven Wheeler
1868
Gift of Roger P. Welles, 1974.93.1, Connecticut Historical Society, No known copyright
William Ruthven Wheeler
1882
Gift of Mrs. Courtney Brown, 1974.19.3, Connecticut Historical Society, No known copyright
William Ruthven Wheeler
1888
Bequeathed by Parker Curtin Risley, 1991.88.2, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, no kn ...
William Ruthven Wheeler
1866
CHS collection,1973.128.1, Connecticut Historical Society, No known copyright
William Ruthven Wheeler
1884
Gift of Roger P. Welles, 1974.93.2, Connecticut Historical Society, No known copyright
William Ruthven Wheeler
1882
Gift of Ada Louise Taylor, 1956.63.1, Connecticut Historical Society, No known copyright
William Ruthven Wheeler
1865 or 1866
Gift of Mrs. Dorothy R. Taylor from the estate of Carolyn B. Taylor, 1986.105.4, Connecticut Hi ...
William Ruthven Wheeler
1865
CHS collection, 1973.128.2, Connecticut Historical Society, No known copyright
William Ruthven Wheeler
1884
Gift of Allyn Seymour, 1979.30.1, Connecticut Historical Society, Copyright Undetermined
Timothy Mather Allyn
Museum purchase, 1975.32.0  Photograph by David Stansbury.  © 2012 The Connecticut Historical S ...
William Ruthven Wheeler
1887