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William Henry Brown
William Henry Brown

William Henry Brown

Date1884-1890
MediumPhotography; albumen print on paper on carte-de-visite card
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 3 9/16 x 2 3/16in. (9 x 5.6cm)
Mount (height x width): 4 1/16 x 2 7/16in. (10.3 x 6.2cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Virginia Bauer
DescriptionBust-length studio portrait of a boy.
Object number2001.120.4
InscribedOn verso, at top, in blue ink: "William H. Brown"
Accession number in inscribed in pencil 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.
On View
Not on view
Gift of Chris Hatch, 2003.20.20, Connecticut Historical Society, Public Domain
Allen & Co.
1860-1889
Gift of Mrs. Sally Pullman, 2002.10.2, The Connecticut Historical Society.
Daniel Jones
about 1875
Unidentified Baby, Age 9 Months
Butler family
1869-1889
Fannie Buell Gilman
Willimantic Gallery of Art
1871-1876
Mary Augusta Holmes
Barcalow
1860-1869
Gift of James B. Lyon and Murtha Cullina LLP, 2002.62.10  © 2002 The Connecticut Historical Soc…
Richard S. DeLamater
1860-1889
Gift of John Heckman, 2003.170.10  © 2011 The Connecticut Historical Society.
William A. Beers
late 19th century
Gift of Miss Dorothy F. Bidwell, 1974.16.1, the Connecticut Historical Society
Fun Chin
about 1880
Museum purchase, 1983.61.0  © 2012 The Connecticut Historical Society.
S. H. Waite
1864
The Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund, 1997.116.0, the Connecticut Historical Society
Richard S. DeLamater