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Gift of Roger M. and Maria C. Rogers, 2015.62.23 © 2016 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Photograph of Amelia Jane Jerome
Gift of Roger M. and Maria C. Rogers, 2015.62.23 © 2016 The Connecticut Historical Society.

Photograph of Amelia Jane Jerome

SubjectPortrait of Amelia Jane Jerome Perkins American, 1841 - 1929
MediumPhotography; albumen on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (photo height x width): 7 1/4 × 5 1/8in. (18.4 × 13cm)
Other (overall height x width): 10 × 8in. (25.4 × 20.3cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Roger M. and Maria C. Rogers
DescriptionBlack and white portrait photograph of Amelia Jane Jerome (6 November 1841 - 15 February 1929). She is sitting in a wooden chair and is wearing a dark-colored dress. The sleeves and collar are white. She is wearing a wedding ring. She has a ribbon in her hair. The portrait is oval-shaped.
Object number2015.62.23
InscribedVerso, handwritten in black ink: "Amelia Jane Jerome/ Mrs. W.S.C. Perkins"NotesAmelia Jane Jerome (1841-1929) was the daughter of George Drisdale Jerome (1816-1893) and Hannah Darrow (1810-1895). She was the wife of William Sheldon Clark Perkins, M.D. (1837-1915). They had two children: Florence A. Perkins (1862-1956) and Charles H. Perkins, M.D. (1864-1936). She lived in Norwich, Conn.
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Gift of Roger M. and Maria C. Rogers, 2015.62.49a © 2016 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Amelia Jane Jerome Perkins
Gift of Roger M. and Maria C. Rogers, 2015.62.48 © 2016 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Amelia Jane Jerome Perkins
Gift of Roger M. and Maria C. Rogers, 2015.62.51 © 2016 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Amelia Jane Jerome Perkins
Gift of Roger M. and Maria C. Rogers, 2015.62.35 © 2016 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Hannah Darrow Jerome
1893
Gift of Roger M. and Maria C. Rogers, 2015.62.36a © 2016 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Hannah Darrow Jerome
Gift of Daniel Piotrowski in memory of Horace W. Sellers III, 2016.100.111 © 2016 The Connectic…
Jane Wells
Full view of sword with scabbard
Colonel George Perkins Bissell
1862
Gift of Alice Welles, 1933.21.5, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known copyright
Mary Jane Goodwin Brainerd
about 1840-1845