Bishop and Mrs. Brownell, 114 Asylum Street, Hartford
PhotographerPhotographed by
Unknown
Datebefore 1865
MediumPhotography; albumen print on paper no cardboard mount
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width): 7 1/16 x 9 1/16in. (18 x 23cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
DescriptionWoman and elderly man seated in an interior. He wears eyeglasses, a suit, vest and clerical collar. She wears a cap and what appears to be a crinoline. Books, a marble urn and a container in the shape of a shell are on a table with a floral tablecloth. Additional books and a vase are on a bookcase. Additional vases and candelabra with hanging prisms are on the mantle of a marble fireplace. A carpet with a floral pattern is on the floor.
Object number2000.175.33
NotesSubject Note: Thomas Church Brownell was the Episcopal bishop of Connecticut from 1819 to 1865 and the first president of Trinity College. He died in 1865.On View
Not on view
Horace Bushnell Cheney Sr.
before 1898
