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Gift of Dorry H. Swope, 2018.53.2473a, Connecticut Historical Society, No Known Copyright
Rebecca Porter Keep
Gift of Dorry H. Swope, 2018.53.2473a, Connecticut Historical Society, No Known Copyright

Rebecca Porter Keep

SubjectProbably portrait of Rebecca Porter Keep American, 1818 - 1893
MediumPhotography; tintype, laquer on iron
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (a; open; height x width): 8 7/8 × 2 15/16in. (22.5 × 7.4cm)
Primary Dimensions (b; open; height x width): 8 7/8 × 2 15/16in. (22.5 × 7.4cm)
Primary Dimensions (c; height x width): 4 × 2 5/8in. (10.1 × 6.7cm)
Primary Dimensions (d; height x width): 4 × 2 5/8in. (10.1 × 6.7cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Dorry H. Swope
DescriptionFour tintypes, probably of Rebecca Porter Keep.

(a) Tintype mounted in a white paper envelope. Bust-length portrait of an older woman, probably Rebecca Porter Keep, dressed in a dark dress with a light collar and cap.

(b) Tintype mounted in a green paper envelope. Bust-length portrait of an older woman, probably Rebecca Porter Keep, dressed in a dark dress with a light collar and cap. The same image as (a, c-d).

(c) Tintype, bust-length portrait of an older woman, probably Rebecca Porter Keep, dressed in a dark dress with a light collar and cap, the same image as (a-b).

(d) Tintype, bust-length portrait of an older woman, probably Rebecca Porter Keep, dressed in a dark dress with a light collar and cap, the same image as (a-c).
Object number2018.53.2473a-d
Subject Terms
    On View
    Not on view
    Gift of Dorry H. Swope, 2018.53.2472a, Connecticut Historical Society, No Known Copyright
    Sarah Porter
    Gift of Dorry H. Swope, 2018.53.2433, Connecticut Historical Society, No Known Copyright
    Rebecca Porter Keep
    1883-1893
    Gift of Dorry H. Swope, 2018.53.2434, Connecticut Historical Society, No Known Copyright
    Rebecca Porter Keep
    1883-1893
    Gift of Dorry H. Swope, 2018.53.2483, Connecticut Historical Society, No Known Copyright
    Elizabeth Keep Avery
    Gift of Kate L. Hayden, 1897.15.0, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known copyrigh…
    Jared Bradley Flagg
    1843
    Gift of Dorry H. Swope, 2018.53.2468, Connecticut Historical Society, No Known Copyright
    Elizabeth Keep Avery
    Sampler
    Rebecca Porter
    1800
    Museum purchase, 1969.19.1 © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    Unknown
    about 1800
    Gift of William A. Burr, 1908.4.2, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known copyrigh…
    Joseph Steward
    about 1792
    Gift of Dorry H. Swope, 2018.53.2469, Connecticut Historical Society, No Known Copyright
    Robert Porter Keep