Gift of Elizabeth W. Temple, 2011.63.25 © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.

Erastus Collins

PrintmakerEngraved by H. B. Hall's Sons American, active 1884 - 1899

Dateafter 1860

MediumEngraving; black printers ink on chine colle, on wove paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 4 1/8 x 3 7/8in. (10.5 x 9.8cm)
Sheet (height x width): 9 7/8 x 6 7/16in. (25.1 x 16.4cm)
Plate (height x width): 10 x 7in. (25.4 x 17.8cm)
Other (secondary support height x width): 16 1/4 x 12in. (41.3 x 30.5cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineGift of Elizabeth W. Temple

DescriptionMid-bust portrait of an older man with white hair wearing a black suit, white shirt, and bowtie. Facsimile "Erastus Collins"

Object number2011.63.25

InscribedOn verso, upper left, in pencil, "Father of Atwood Collins, who was Jane Hamersley Wright's grandfather"; lower right, in pencil, accesion numberNotesSubject Note: According to an old label on the back of 2011.63.20, Erastus Collins was the son of Amos Morris Collins and his wife Mary Lyman. He was born in Blanford, Massachusettes on December 12, 1815 and died in Hartford, Connecticut on April 7, 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. Atwood Collins was the couple's son. (Ruocco, 2/2/2012)

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