Lyman Beecher, D.D.
PhotographerPhotographed by
Martin M. Lawrence
DraftsmanDrawn by
Samuel Wallin
PrintmakerEngraved by
Nathaniel Orr
American
Dateabout 1860
MediumWood-engraving; printer's ink on wove paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 4 1/2 x 4in. (11.4 x 10.2cm)
Sheet (height x width): 10 5/8 x 7 7/8in. (27 x 20cm)
Sheet (height x width): 10 5/8 x 7 7/8in. (27 x 20cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection
DescriptionBust-length portrait of an elderly man wearing a heavy coat, vest, and stock.
Object number2009.59.0
InscribedOn recto, beneath image, "LYMAN BEECHER, D.D."On verso, lower right, in pencil, accession numberNotesSubject note: Lyman Beecher was born in New Haven and attended Yale College. He served for many years as pastor of the Congregational Church in Litchfield and later was director of the Lane Theological Seminary in Cincinnati, Ohio. He died in Brooklyn, New York at the home of his son, Henry Ward Beecher. His other children included Catherine Beecher, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Isabella Beecher Hooker.
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