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Gift of Elizabeth W. Temple, 2011.63.34  © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Collins Children: F. Starr Collins, Elinor Buel Collins, Emily Brace Collins, and Marion Atwood Collins
Gift of Elizabeth W. Temple, 2011.63.34 © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.

Collins Children: F. Starr Collins, Elinor Buel Collins, Emily Brace Collins, and Marion Atwood Collins

PhotographerPhotographed by N. D. Benedict American, active 1886 - 1889
Date1892
MediumPhotography; colodion print on paper, on cardboard mount
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 5 3/8 x 3 7/8in. (13.7 x 9.8cm)
Sheet (height x width): 5 3/8 x 3 7/8in. (13.7 x 9.8cm)
Mount (height x width): 6 1/2 x 4 1/2in. (16.5 x 11.4cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Elizabeth W. Temple
DescriptionPortrait of four young children with a boy in the back and two girls and an infant in the front. The boy is wearing a dark suit. The girls both have dark brown hair and are wearing dresses with puff sleeves; one girl's dress appears to have a crocheted collar. The baby is wearing a long white dress.
Object number2011.63.34
InscribedOn verso, in black ink, "Aug. 1892."; in pencil, "(Collins children)/F. Starr Collins/ Elinor Buel Collins 1886/1892/Emily Brace Collins (Charlotte/ until the day I was christened)/ Marion Atwood Collins - 1887"; in pencil, lower right, acession numberNotesSubject Note: Frederick Starr Collins, Elinor Buel Collins, Marion Atwood Collins, and Emily Brace Collins were the children of Atwood Collins and Mary Buel Brace Collins. (Ruocco, 02/25/12)
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