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Gift of Abbott L. Cummings, 2007.68.17  © 2008 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Deacon Chester Talcott
Gift of Abbott L. Cummings, 2007.68.17 © 2008 The Connecticut Historical Society.

Deacon Chester Talcott

Dateabout 1865
MediumPhotography; albumen print on paper in cardboard mat under glass in wood frame
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 7 1/2 x 5 5/8in. (19.1 x 14.3cm)
Sheet (height x width): 8 3/4 x 6 3/4in. (22.2 x 17.1cm)
Frame (height x width x depth): 13 1/4 x 11 1/8 x 1 3/4in. (33.7 x 28.3 x 4.4cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Abbott L. Cummings
DescriptionPhotographic portrait of Deacon Chester Talcott (b.1799) in replaced perod oval frame. Possibly early photographic copy of daguerreotype or tintype original.
Object number2007.68.17
MarkingsOn gummed label on paper backing of frame, typed in black ink, "DEACON CHESTER tALCOTT / b. April 29, 1799, in / Coventry, Connecticut / d. [blank]"; in black ink, "Frame not original to photo"
On View
Not on view
Gift of Abbott L. Cummings, 2007.68.18  © 2008 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Unknown
about 1865
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Lydia Brown Wells
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Samuel Root
1851-1853
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Jane Wells
Gift of Elizabeth W. Temple, 2011.63.79  © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Unknown
before 1864
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Loren Pinckney Waldo Jr.
probably 1838
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Littlefield, Parsons & Co.
about 1863
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Harriet Newell Darrow
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Curtis Keeney