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)
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)On View
Not on view
D. W. Kellogg & Co.
1830-1840
