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Gift of Elizabeth W. Temple, 2011.63.21  © 2012 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Mary Atwood Collins
Gift of Elizabeth W. Temple, 2011.63.21 © 2012 The Connecticut Historical Society.

Mary Atwood Collins

Dateabout 1850
MediumPhotography; photographic print on paper.
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 4 x 3 1/16in. (10.2 x 7.7cm)
Sheet (height x width): 5 1/4 x 3 7/8in. (13.3 x 9.8cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Elizabeth W. Temple
DescriptionHalf-length portarait of a middle aged woman wearing a shawl over a plaid dress. Her right hand rests on her lap and her left arm rests on a table.
Object number2011.63.21
InscribedOn verso upper left, in pencil, "Mary Atwood Collins"; lower right, in pencil, accesion number.NotesSubject Note: Mary Atwood Collins was born on July 27, 1822 in Philadelphia. She was the daughter of John Mulliken Atwood and his wife Henrietta Maria Coffin. She married Erastus Collins, had one son, Atwood Collins, and died in Hartford on March 31, 1874.

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)
On View
Not on view
Gift of Mrs. Morgan B. Brainard, 1959.81.82  © 2010 The Connecticut Historical Society.
John B. Forrest
after 1848
Julia.
E.B. & E.C. Kellogg
1840-1844
Sarah.
E.B. & E.C. Kellogg
1845-1846
Gift of Elizabeth W. Temple, 2011.63.35  © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Horace L. Bundy
1880
Museum purchase, 1987.95.0  © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Kelloggs & Comstock
1848-1850
Museum purchase, 1986.157.0, Connecticut Historical Society, Copyright Not Determined
Caroline Watrous
about 1815
Married.
Kellogg & Comstock
1850
Gift of Elizabeth W. Temple, 2011.63.20  © 2012 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Unknown
about 1850