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William Henry Brown
William Henry Brown

William Henry Brown

Date1877-1880
MediumPhotography; tintype and watercolor on lacquered iron
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 3 5/8 x 2 1/2in. (9.2 x 6.4cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Virginia Bauer
DescriptionFull-length studio portrait of a boy standing next to a fringed, three-legged stool.
Object number2001.120.2
InscribedOn verso, blue ink on a gummed label, with a red edging: "Wm. H. Brown"
Accession number on verso in pencil on label, and in paint at bottom.
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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