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Unidentified Portraits by Connecticut Photographers
Date1860-1900
MediumPhotography; albumen prints on paper on cardboard mounts
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 7 5/8 x 4in. (19.4 x 10.2cm)
Sheet (height x width): 7 5/8 x 4in. (19.4 x 10.2cm)
Mount (height x width): 8 1/8 x 4 1/8in. (20.6 x 10.5cm)
Sheet (height x width): 7 5/8 x 4in. (19.4 x 10.2cm)
Mount (height x width): 8 1/8 x 4 1/8in. (20.6 x 10.5cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hon. Joyce Krutick Craig (ret.), in memory of her husband John S. Craig
DescriptionA collection of miscellaneous portraits of unidentified sitters, including men, women, and children of all ages as well as a dog; several pictures are group portraits with one appearing to be from a theatrical production, and several pictures have postage stamps on the back of them. Several of the sitters are in elaborate studio settings in elaborate costume. One girl is pictured sitting on a tree-stump in a woodland setting, and another girl appears to be walking through a simulated winter environment complete with snowflakes. Several of the men are posed with the accoutrements of their profession (soldier, clergyman, etc.).
Object number2012.563.1-.428
InscribedSeveral of the portraits have short descriptions written on them ('5 Belles of Southington', 'Mom's Dad', 'Sister Carrie', 'Mrs. Roberts', 'With Best love is my Auntie's', 'Taken at 16 years old', 'For Emiline',etc.); several of these inscriptions are illegible. Some are also dated.All photographs, on verso, in pencil, accession numberNotesConstituent Note: Photographers include two Norwegian-Americans, Ole Erekson and Johann Olsen, and an Italian-American, F. M. Montignani. (Finlay 3/8/2014)
Subject Note: 2012.563.166 is a container bearing the imprint "FROM HARLOW'S / Photograph Rooms, / PUTNAM, CONN."
On View
Not on viewRichard S. DeLamater
mid 19th-early 20th century