Henry Barnard
PrintmakerEngraved by
Henry Wright Smith
born 1828
Date1854
MediumEngraving; printer's ink on wove paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 3 1/8 x 2 7/8in. (7.9 x 7.3cm)
Platemark (height x width): 9 1/16 x 6in. (23 x 15.2cm)
Sheet (height x width): 10 x 7in. (25.4 x 17.8cm)
Platemark (height x width): 9 1/16 x 6in. (23 x 15.2cm)
Sheet (height x width): 10 x 7in. (25.4 x 17.8cm)
Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection
DescriptionBust-length portrait of a man wearing a coat, shirt, and stock.
Object number2009.39.0
InscribedOn recto, engraved facsimile signature beneath image, "Henry Barnard / Superintendent of Common Schools, Hartford, Conn. 31 December 1854 / Engraved for the Connecticut STATE TEACHERS ASSOCIATION"On verso, lower right, in pencil, "neg 1223" / accession numberNotesOne of the most influential educational reformers of the early 19th century, Henry Barnard was born and died in Hartford.
Subject Terms
On View
Not on viewabout 1850
about 1840
early 19th-mid 19th century
mid 19th century