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Museum purchase. 2006.74.3. © 2008 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Wealthy Amanda Badcock Curtis
Museum purchase. 2006.74.3. © 2008 The Connecticut Historical Society.

Wealthy Amanda Badcock Curtis

SubjectPortrait of Wealthy Amanda Badcock American, 1824 - 1897
Dateabout 1860
MediumPhotography; albumen print on paper on carte-de-visite
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 1 1/4 x 3/4in. (3.2 x 1.9cm)
Sheet (height x width): 3 5/8 x 2in. (9.2 x 5.1cm)
Mount (height x width): 3 15/16 x 2 7/16in. (10 x 6.2cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineThe Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund
DescriptionBust-length portrait of a young woman with her head turned slightly to the left. Her hair is parted in the center and swept back, possibly in a snood. She wears a dress with a white collar.
Object number2006.74.3
InscribedOn verso, in pencil, upper margin, "Wealthy A. Curtis"; lower right, in pencil, accession number
Subject Terms
    On View
    Not on view
    The Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund, 2006.74.2  Photograph by David Stansbury.  © 2009 The Con…
    Wealthy Amanda Badcock
    about 1835-1836
    Gift of Mrs. Sally Pullman, 2002.10.2, The Connecticut Historical Society.
    Daniel Jones
    about 1875
    Gift of the estate of Emma L. Burdett, 1976.142.0, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, N…
    Lucy Stockbridge Burdett
    1868-1878
    Mary Augusta Holmes
    Barcalow
    1860-1869
    Museum purchase, 1983.61.0  © 2012 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    S. H. Waite
    1864
    Gift of Frances Hoxie, 2008.23.0  © 2008 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    Unknown
    about 1870
    Gift of John Heckman, 2003.170.10  © 2011 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    William A. Beers
    late 19th century
    Fannie Buell Gilman
    Willimantic Gallery of Art
    1871-1876
    Unidentified Baby, Age 9 Months
    Butler family
    1869-1889