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CHS collection,1973.128.1, Connecticut Historical Society, No known copyright
Man with Mustache
CHS collection,1973.128.1, Connecticut Historical Society, No known copyright

Man with Mustache

Painter (American, 1832 - 1893)
Date1884
MediumPainting; oil on canvas (no frame)
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 29 15/16 × 25 1/16in. (76 × 63.7cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection
DescriptionUnframed waist-length portrait of an unknown man by William Ruthven Wheeler. The subject is wearing a black suit and bowtie. He has short, dark hair and a mustache.
Object number1973.128.1
On View
Not on view
Gift of William P. Gwinn, 1971.50.0, Connecticut Historical Society, No known copyright
William Ruthven Wheeler
1874
Gift of Elizabeth Yale Hall, 1950.1.2, Connecticut Historical Society, No known copyright
William Ruthven Wheeler
1868
Bequeathed by Parker Curtin Risley, 1991.88.2, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, no kn…
William Ruthven Wheeler
1866
Gift of Elizabeth Yale Hall, 1950.1.1, Connecticut Historical Society, No known copyright
William Ruthven Wheeler
1868
Gift of James Hammond Trumbull, 1888.6.0, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known c…
William Ruthven Wheeler
1879
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
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