William Whiting Smith
PhotographerPhotographed by
Randall and Blackmore
American
Date1910-1915
MediumPhotography; platinum print on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 9 3/8 x 7in. (23.8 x 17.8cm)
Sheet (height x width): 15 3/4 x 11 1/2in. (40 x 29.2cm)
Sheet (height x width): 15 3/4 x 11 1/2in. (40 x 29.2cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Marion Gridley Hitchcock
DescriptionStudio portrait of a middle-aged bald man with a mustache and beard. He wears a jacket, a vest, a necktie, and a celluloid collar.
Object number2002.98.6
InscribedVerso, inscribed in black ink: "William Whiting Smith / of New Britain, Ct / Son of Levi Olmsted Smith and / Sarah Elizabeth Whiting / (dau. of Henry Wyllys Whiting)"; at left, with arrow pointing to previous inscription: "Banker w/ / Farmers & Mech. Bank Ct. / of W. Hartford, / in late / 1800's." Accession number inscribed in pencil, lower right.NotesSubject Note: William Whiting Smith, husband of Alice Wetmore Smith, was the brother of Alice Mary (Smith) Gridley who married Eben Channing Gridley of Amboy, Ill. (donor's note, 8/2002)On View
Not on view
