Amos Morris Collins House
PhotographerPhotographed by
Unknown
Datemid 19th century
MediumPhotography; albumen print on paper on cardboard mount
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 10 1/2 x 13 3/4in. (26.7 x 34.9cm)
Sheet (height x width): 10 1/2 x 13 3/4in. (26.7 x 34.9cm)
Mount (height x width): 11 x 13 7/8in. (27.9 x 35.2cm)
Sheet (height x width): 10 1/2 x 13 3/4in. (26.7 x 34.9cm)
Mount (height x width): 11 x 13 7/8in. (27.9 x 35.2cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Dr. Thomas P. Kugelman
DescriptionView of an Italianate house with pediments and brackets framing the windows and a monumental porch with a railing. The house is parially concealed by large trees and extensive plantings of smaller trees and shrubs. An unmowed lawn or meadow is in the foreground.
Object number2011.32.20
InscribedOn verso, upper left, in pencil, "Amos Morris Collins house / south of Atwood where Townley St now is"; lower right, in pencil, accession numberNotesSubject Note: Amos Morris Collins (1788-1858) was a Hartford dry goods merchant. He was the father of Erastus Collins (1815-1880). (Finlay 1/27/2011)On View
Not on view
