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William Hamersley while in College
Image Not Available for William Hamersley while in College

William Hamersley while in College

Date1860-1865
MediumPhotography; albumen print on paper on cardboard mount
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 3 5/8 x 2 1/8in. (9.2 x 5.4cm)
Sheet (height x width): 3 5/8 x 2 1/8in. (9.2 x 5.4cm)
Mount (height x width): 4 x 2 3/8in. (10.2 x 6cm)
Credit LineGift of Elizabeth W. Temple
DescriptionBust length portrait of a young man with sideburns and a mustache. He is wearing a dark suit, white shirt, and necktie.
Object number2011.63.59
InscribedOn verso, in pencil, "Wm Hamersley-/Judge Hamersley/while in college";lower right, acession number

On verso, in black ink, center, "KELLOGG BROTHERS/Photograohers/279 Main St./HARTFORD, CONN."
NotesSubject Note: Judge William Hamersley was born in Hartford on September 9, 1839. He attended Trinity College and Harvard Law School. He served for many years as State's Attorney and later as a judge of the Superior Court and as a justice of the Supreme Court of Errors. He was twice married, first to Cynthia Williams and later (1882) to Jane Allen, of Old Saybrook. He died in Hartford on September 17, 1920. (Finlay 3/6/2012)
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