Starr, Elinor, Marion, and Charlotte (Emily) Collins
PhotographerPhotographed by
Richard S. DeLamater
American, 1833 - 1915
Date1892
MediumPhotography; collodion print on paper on cardboard cabinet card mount
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Elizabeth W. Temple
DescriptionFormal studio portrait of four children, two small girls, a small boy, and an infant. The older children are standing around an upholstered chair on which the smallest child is propped.
Object number2011.63.12
InscribedOn verso, upper center, in black ink, "Starr / Elinor / Marion / Charlotte / June 29th / 1892"; in pencil: "(Collins)"; lower margin, in pencil, "They called me Charlotte for a year - Emily Collins Scranton"; lower right, in pencil, accession numberNotesSubject Note: Starr, Elinor, Marion, and Emily Collins were the children of Atwood Collins and his wife Mary Brace Collins. According to a note by Emily, she was called Charlotte for the first year of her life. The family lived in Hartford. (Finlay 7/2/2011)Subject Terms
On View
Not on view
Richard S. DeLamater
mid 19th-early 20th century
