Janet and Bill Hamersley
PhotographerPhotographed by
Horace L. Bundy
American, 1839 - 1918
Date1888-1889
MediumPhotography; albumen print on paper on cardboard mount
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 5 11/16 x 4in. (14.4 x 10.2cm)
Sheet (height x width): 5 11/16 x 4in. (14.4 x 10.2cm)
Mount (height x width): 6 7/16 x 4 3/16in. (16.4 x 10.6cm)
Sheet (height x width): 5 11/16 x 4in. (14.4 x 10.2cm)
Mount (height x width): 6 7/16 x 4 3/16in. (16.4 x 10.6cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Elizabeth W. Temple
DescriptionA young girl is sitting in a chair holding a large doll and a baby boy on her lap.
Object number2011.63.108
InscribedOn verso, in pencil, "Janet & Bill Hamersley / Jane Hamersley Wright's / aunt & father"; lower right, in pencil, accession numberNotesSubject Note: Janet Hamersely was the daughter of Judge William Hamersley and his wife Jane Allen Hamersley. She was born in October 1883. Janet's brother William J. Hamersley (Bill Hamersley) was born in 1887 and died of influenza in 1918. He was an alumnus of Trinity College and Harvard Law school. He was married to Emily Brace Collins for two years before he died and the couple had one child, Jane Hamersley Wright. (Ruocco, 03/17/12)On View
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