Unknown Man

PrinterPrinted by Kellogg & Bulkeley American, 1867 - 1990

PublisherPublished by Kellogg & Bulkeley American, 1867 - 1990

Dateafter 1867

MediumLithography; printer's ink on wove paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width of oval image): 13 1/2 x 10 3/4in. (34.3 x 27.3cm)
Sheet (height x width): 16 x 12 1/2in. (40.6 x 31.8cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineGift of John P. Craig

DescriptionBust-length portrait of a bald, bearded man wearing a jacket, shirt and tie, facing towards the right.

Object number1987.163.0

MarkingsLabel on verso: "Miss Emma Thompson / Loganton / Pennsylvania".InscribedInscribed in pencil on verso, upper left: "Unidentified [--------- Thompson?]" Upper right: "[prob. Charles E. / Thompson (1847-1924)" Lower right: "Dwr 3". Accession number inscribed in pencil on verso, lower right.NotesColonel Charles Edward Thompson was born in Rockville, Connecticut on 26 February 1847. Later he lived in Hartford. He married Abby Frances Allen on 18 October 1848 in Danielson, Connecticut.
See obituary with a picture of Colonel Thompson in: Hartford Daily Courant, 26 September 1924, p. 4.

A portrait of E.B. Kellogg in a strikingly similar style is in a private collection.

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