Judge William Hamersley
PhotographerPhotographed by
Prescott & White
American, 1867 - 1873
Date1874-1881
MediumPhotography; albumen print on paper on cardboard mount
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 3 7/8 x 2 3/8in. (9.8 x 6cm)
Sheet (height x width): 3 7/8 x 2 3/8in. (9.8 x 6cm)
Mount (height x width): 4 1/8 x 2 7/8in. (10.5 x 7.3cm)
Sheet (height x width): 3 7/8 x 2 3/8in. (9.8 x 6cm)
Mount (height x width): 4 1/8 x 2 7/8in. (10.5 x 7.3cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Elizabeth W. Temple
DescriptionBust-length portrait of a man with a long mustache. He is wearing pince nez eyeglasses, a coat, vest, white shirt, and necktie.
Object number2011.63.60
InscribedOn verso, in pencil, "Judge Wm Hamersley / (Jane's grandfather)"; lower right, in pencil, acession numberNotesSubject 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)Subject Terms
On View
Not on view
Richard S. DeLamater
mid 19th-early 20th century
Prescott & White
1867-1873