Silas Chapman
PhotographerPhotographed by
Unknown
Datebefore 1925
MediumPhotography; silver gelatin print on paper on cardboard mount
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 9 1/2 x 7 3/4in. (24.1 x 19.7cm)
Sheet (height x width): 9 1/2 x 7 3/4in. (24.1 x 19.7cm)
Mount (height x width): 9 1/2 x 7 3/4in. (24.1 x 19.7cm)
Sheet (height x width): 9 1/2 x 7 3/4in. (24.1 x 19.7cm)
Mount (height x width): 9 1/2 x 7 3/4in. (24.1 x 19.7cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of H. Thomas Cornelius
DescriptionFormal studio portrait of an elderly man with a mustache. He is wearing a suit with a double-breasted jacked and a necktie and eyeglasses. He is wearing a ring, apparently a wedding ring, on his left hand. He has mustache. He is seated with his legs crossed, in a wooden armchair.
Object number2009.86.2
InscribedOn verso, upper left, in pencil, "[Silas Chapman]"; lower right, in pencil, accession numberNotesSubject Note: Silas Chapman was born about 1845 and died about 1925. He spent his entire life in Hartford where he ran an insurance agency. He sometimes appears as Silas Chapman, Jr. because his father was also named Silas Chapman. (Finlay 3/3/2012)Subject Terms
On View
Not on view
late 19th-early 20th century
Unknown
