William Henry Brown
PhotographerPhotographed by
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Date1873-1875
MediumPhotography; tintype and watercolor on lacquered iron
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 3 7/16 x 2 3/8in. (8.7 x 6cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Virginia Bauer
DescriptionFull-length studio portrait of a young boy, standing on a stool, leaning on the arm of a photographer's chair. He is holding a hat in one hand. There is a piece of flowered material covering the stool, and there is carpet on the floor.
Object number2001.120.1
InscribedOn verso, blue ink on a gummed label with red stripe: "Wm. H. Brown"Accession number is inscribed on verso in pencil on label, and in paint on the iron.NotesSubject Note: William Henry Brown was born in Warwick, Rhode Island, on 5 September 1869. Lora Whitney Lakin was born 13 April 1882 in Harrisville, New Hampshire. They married on 6 August 1908. William Henry Brown died in Torrington, Connecticut, on 25 May 1959, and Lora Lakin Brown died in Asheville, North Carolina, in July 1975.
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