Lugrand Sharpe
PhotographerPhotographed by
Unknown
Dateabout 1870
MediumPhotography; ablumen print on paper on cardboard carte-de-visite mount
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 3 1/2 x 2 3/16in. (8.9 x 5.6cm)
Sheet (height x width): 3 1/2 x 2 3/16in. (8.9 x 5.6cm)
Mount (height x width): 3 15/16 x 2 5/16in. (10 x 5.9cm)
Sheet (height x width): 3 1/2 x 2 3/16in. (8.9 x 5.6cm)
Mount (height x width): 3 15/16 x 2 5/16in. (10 x 5.9cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of John Heckman
DescriptionHalf-length portrait of a man wearing a coat, vest, and trousers. His right elbow rests on table covered with a tablecloth. A painted studio backdrop depicts a fluted column and a paneled wall.
Object number2003.170.2
InscribedOn verso, in black ink, "Lugrand Sharpe / b. 1 June 1797 / Ridgefield / d. 1 May 1876"; lower right, in pencil, accession numberNotesSubject Note: Lugrand Sharpe was born in Ridgefield, CT on June 1, 1797. His father died when he was eight years old and he learned the trade of shoemaking. He married Olive M. Booth, the daughter of a cabinetmaker, in 1823. He converted to Methodism and was active in the Methodist community in Southford. He later moved to Humphreyville, then to Seymour. He died in 1876. (Finlay 4/29/2011)Subject Terms
On View
Not on view
Doremus' Gallery of Art
about 1865
