Erastus Collins
PhotographerPhotographed by
Unknown
Dateabout 1850
MediumPhotography; photographic print on paper.
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 3 1/2 x 2 5/8in. (8.9 x 6.7cm)
Sheet (height x width): 5 1/4 x 3 7/8in. (13.3 x 9.8cm)
Sheet (height x width): 5 1/4 x 3 7/8in. (13.3 x 9.8cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Elizabeth W. Temple
DescriptionHalf lengthed portrait of a middle aged man wearing a coat, shirt, vest, and necktie.
Object number2011.63.20
InscribedOn verso, upper left, in pencil, "Erastus Collins"; lower right, in pencil, accession number.NotesSubject Note: According to an old label, Erastus Collins was the son of Amos Morris Collins and his wife Mary Lyman. He was born in Blanford, Massachusettes in 1815 and died in Hartford, Connecticut in 1880. He was owner of a dry goods business, director of Aetna Insurance Company, Society for Savings, Charter Oak Bank, American Asylum for the Deaf, and Hartford Hospital. He was a founder of the Asylum Hill Congregational Church. His wife was Mary Atwood Collins. (Ruocco, 2/2/2012)Medium Note: Photograph is a late-ninteenth century copy probably of a daguerreotype of ca. 1850. It was not possible to determine the exact process used for the reproduction. (Ruocco, 2/2/2012)
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