The Wethersfield Elm, Wethersfield
PhotographerPhotographed by
Frederick S. Brown
1822 - 1892
Date1886
MediumPhotography; albumen print on paper on cardboard mount
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 19 x 22 3/4in. (48.3 x 57.8cm)
Sheet (height x width): 19 x 22 3/4in. (48.3 x 57.8cm)
Mount (height x width): 20 x 27 1/2in. (50.8 x 69.9cm)
Sheet (height x width): 19 x 22 3/4in. (48.3 x 57.8cm)
Mount (height x width): 20 x 27 1/2in. (50.8 x 69.9cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of John Howard Morse
DescriptionA boy stand beneath a huge elm tree. Additional trees line what appears to be a dirt track running between grassy lawns. Frame houses with picket fences are in the background.
Object number1939.16.9
InscribedOn recto, upper right, in red pencil, "274"On verso, upper left, in black ink, "#539"; in black ink, "This tree is located in the town of Wethersfield. / At this date is considered to be two hundred / and twenty five years of age / Its dimensions are / Girl six feet above the ground, Twenty four feet and ten inches / [Girt] three [feet above the ground] Twenty two feet and eight [inches] / Spread of limbs one hundred and twenty feet. / August 8th 1886 Fred. S. Brown."; in pencil, "#274"; lower right, in pencil, accession number
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Frederick S. Brown
1886
Frederick S. Brown
1885
Frederick S. Brown
1885-1890