Jonathan and Elizabeth Wood Family
PhotographerPhotographed by
William Allderige
British-American, 1829 - 1916
Date1895
MediumPhotography; collodion print on paper on cardboard mount
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 5 1/2 x 3 7/8in. (14 x 9.8cm)
Sheet (height x width): 5 1/2 x 3 7/8in. (14 x 9.8cm)
Mount (height x width): 6 1/2 x 4 1/4in. (16.5 x 10.8cm)
Sheet (height x width): 5 1/2 x 3 7/8in. (14 x 9.8cm)
Mount (height x width): 6 1/2 x 4 1/4in. (16.5 x 10.8cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Arlene Marie Wood
DescriptionFormal studio portrait of a man and woman and their five children. The man, woman, and youngest boy are seated; the other children are standing. The man is bald and has a mustache. He wears eyeglasses. Patterned drapery is in the left background.
Object number2013.125.1
MarkingsOn recto, typed on paper adhered to photograph, in black ink, "Jonathan (I) and Elizabeth Wood Family"On verso, on gummed label, in black ink, "Born / 1854 - Jonathan Wood / 1861 - Elizabeth Smyrk / Wood / 1878 - Phyllis Wood / 1880 Esther / 1882 - Elizabeth / 1883 Jonathan / 1884 - Robert / 1892 - Ruth", in red ink, "WOOD / Family"InscribedOn recto, lower margin, in black ink, "Elizabeth & Jonathan Wood / & / family"
On verso, lower right, in pencil, accession numberNotesDate Note: Date is approximate, based on the apparent age of Ruth Wood, the youngest child, who was born in 1892. (Finlay 12/21/2013)
Subject Note: Jonathan Wood was born on 15 December 1854 in Burnley, Lancashire, England. He married Elizabeth Smyrk in 1876. The couple had six children. The first four were born in England; the last two were born in New Britain, Connecticut. Jonathan died in 1924 and is buried in New Britain. (Finlay 12/2/2013)
Subject Terms
On View
Not on view
Richard S. DeLamater
before 1899
Richard S. DeLamater
mid 19th-early 20th century
Frederick Wiliam Allderige
