Welles Children
PhotographerPhotographed by
Richard S. DeLamater
American, 1833 - 1915
PhotographerPhotographed by
Langhorne
PhotographerPhotographed by
Unknown
Date1889-1904
MediumPhotography; albumen prints on paper, collodion prints on paper, some on cardboard mounts
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 5 1/2 x 9 1/4in. (14 x 23.5cm)
Sheet (height x width): 5 1/2 x 9 1/4in. (14 x 23.5cm)
Mount (height x width): 6 1/2 x 10in. (16.5 x 25.4cm)
Sheet (height x width): 5 1/2 x 9 1/4in. (14 x 23.5cm)
Mount (height x width): 6 1/2 x 10in. (16.5 x 25.4cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of John Gambell
DescriptionFormal studio portraits of the children of Mary Patton Welles and other members of the Welles family include many pictures of small boys, small girls, and infants. In some portraits, boys are wearing sailor suits and hats. In many portraits, girls have ribbon bows in their hair. One photograph includes a dog. One includes a wicker armchair.
Object number2005.181.43-.52
Inscribed2005.181.43: On verso, in black ink, "Carolyn Aiken Welles"2005.181.44: On verso, in black ink, "Margaret Welles / Christmas 1904"
2005.181.45: On verso, in black ink, "Martin Rice Welles / 6 yrs."
2005.181.46: "Dorothy 8 wks / Welles and Aunt Mary Cotton Welles"
2005.181.47: On verso, in black ink, Carolyn Aiken Welles / 3 yrs. - Margaret Stanley Welles / 8 months - Martin Rice Welles / 6 yrs"
2005.181.48: On verso, in black ink, "Carolyn Aiken Welles 6 months / Martin Rice Welles 3 yrs. 4 mos."
2005.181.49: On verso, in black ink, "Mother and Margaret"; in pencil, "E.S.W." "Mercy D.A. Welles" "[Margaret] S. Welles"
2005.181.50: On verso, in black ink, "Martin Rice Welles / May 11 1889 / Ten weeks old"
2005.181.51: On verso, in pencil, "Margaret Stanley Welles"
2005.181.52: On verso, in black ink, "Mary Patton Welles / Carolyn 8 yrs / Margaret 6 yrs / May 2 1/2 yrs."
All photographs, on verso, lower right, in pencil, accession number
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Richard S. DeLamater
mid 19th-early 20th century
