The Old Leather Man, Middletown
PhotographerPhotographed by
Frederick J. Moore
American
Datebefore 1889
MediumPhotography; albumen print on paper on paper on cardboard mount
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width): 6 5/16 x 3 15/16in. (16 x 10cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
DescriptionPortrait of a man dressed in patched leather shirt, trousers, boots, cloak and hat. He leans on a staff. A bag made of leather or cloth is beside him on the ground. A vertical-boarded wall, possibly of a barn or shed, is in the background.
Object number2000.175.22
InscribedOn verso: "Found dead in a cave / Mount Pleasant / near Sing Sing N.Y. / Sunday March 24 / 1889 / the Old Leather Man." "The leather bag carried by him was presented to the [Connecticut Historical] Society."NotesSubject Note: The homeless tramp known as the old Leatherman wandered a circuit between the Connecticut River and the Hudson River from 1858 to 1889. He has been identified as Jules Bourglay, originally of Lyons, France.
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