Atwood Collins in an Armchair
PhotographerPhotographed by
DeLamater & Son
American
Date1885-1889
MediumPhotography; carbon print on paper on cardboard mount
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 5 1/2 x 3 13/16in. (14 x 9.7cm)
Sheet (height x width): 5 1/2 x 3 13/16in. (14 x 9.7cm)
Mount (height x width): 6 7/16 x 4 1/4in. (16.4 x 10.8cm)
Sheet (height x width): 5 1/2 x 3 13/16in. (14 x 9.7cm)
Mount (height x width): 6 7/16 x 4 1/4in. (16.4 x 10.8cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Elizabeth W. Temple
DescriptionPortrait of a man seated in a wooden archchair. He has a mustache and is wearing a suit and necktie.
Object number2011.63.142
InscribedOn verso, lower right, in pencil, accession numberNotesSubject Note: Atwood Collins, the eldest son of Erastus Collins, was born in Hartford in 1851. He graduated from Hartford High School and from Yale College in 1873. He worked in the family dry goods business for a few years, then went to Columbia Law School and was admited to the Hartford Bar in 1880. He left practice the same year and began dealing in stocks and bonds. He was associated with the Security Trust of Hartford and many other financial institutions, including the Hartford National Bank & Trust Company, Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Company, Hartford Steam Boiler, Hartford Electric Light, Society for Savings, and Aetna Fire Insurance Company. He died in 1926. (Ruocco, 03/24/12)On View
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