Edwin Stanley Welles and Family
PhotographerPhotographed by
Horace L. Bundy
American, 1839 - 1918
PhotographerPhotographed by
Richard S. DeLamater
American, 1833 - 1915
PhotographerPhotographed by
F. M. Johnson
American
Date1886-1903
MediumPhotography; albumen prints on paper, some on cardboard mounts
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 5 1/2 x 3 13/16in. (14 x 9.7cm) or smaller
Sheet (height x width): 5 1/2 x 3 13/16in. (14 x 9.7cm) or smaller
Mount (height x width): 8 x 6in. (20.3 x 15.2cm) or smaller
Sheet (height x width): 5 1/2 x 3 13/16in. (14 x 9.7cm) or smaller
Mount (height x width): 8 x 6in. (20.3 x 15.2cm) or smaller
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of John Gambell
DescriptionFormal and informal portraits of Edwin Stanley Welles, Mary Crowell Welles, and their family. Most portraits include a young man with eyeglasses; older portraits show him with a mustache. Two photographs were taken outdoors, one on the porch of a frame house, the other on the porch of a brick house. People wear winter clothing in one of the photographs. A dog is included in one of the photographs.
Object number2005.181.78-.82
Inscribed2005.181.78: On verso, upper right, in black ink, "E.S. Welles / H.P.H.S. '86"2005.181.79: On verso, in pencil, "L to R / E. Stanley Welles / Mary Crowell Welles / Roger Welles III [or IV] / Mercy D. Welles / Leonard Aiken Beadle / Martin Welles / Grace Welles Beadle / Lemuel Aiken Welles / about 1900 / side porch, brick house"
2005.181.80: On verso, in pencil, "Mary Crowell Welles"
2005.181.81: On verso, upper left, in pencil, "L-R / Mary C. Welles / Grace M. Welles / Edwin Stanley Welles"
2005.181.82: On verso, in black ink, "Edwin Stanley Welles, / Taken April Fools Day, / 1903"
All photographs, on verso, lower right, in pencil, accession number
NotesSubject Note: 2005.181.78 is Edwin Stanley Welles Hartford Public High School graduation photograph. 2005.181.79 was taken on the porch of the Martin Welles homestead in Newington, Connecticut. (Finlay 12/8/2009)
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Gideon Welles