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CHS collection,1973.128.1, Connecticut Historical Society, No known copyright
Man with Mustache
CHS collection,1973.128.1, Connecticut Historical Society, No known copyright

Man with Mustache

PainterPainted by William Ruthven Wheeler American, 1832 - 1893
Date1884
MediumPainting; oil on canvas (no frame)
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 29 15/16 × 25 1/16in. (76 × 63.7cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection
DescriptionUnframed waist-length portrait of an unknown man by William Ruthven Wheeler. The subject is wearing a black suit and bowtie. He has short, dark hair and a mustache.
Object number1973.128.1
Inscribed"W.R. Wheeler / 1884"
Subject Terms
    On View
    Not on view
    Gift of William P. Gwinn, 1971.50.0, Connecticut Historical Society, No known copyright
    Henry Kellogg
    William Ruthven Wheeler
    1874
    Gift of Elizabeth Yale Hall, 1950.1.2, Connecticut Historical Society, No known copyright
    William Allen Mather
    William Ruthven Wheeler
    1868
    Bequeathed by Parker Curtin Risley, 1991.88.2, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, no kn…
    Julia Taylor
    William Ruthven Wheeler
    1866
    Gift of Ada Louise Taylor, 1956.63.4, Connecticut Historical Society, No known copyright
    Laura Louise Lester Taylor (Mrs. Samuel Taylor)
    William Ruthven Wheeler
    1866
    Gift of Elizabeth Yale Hall, 1950.1.1, Connecticut Historical Society, No known copyright
    William Mather
    William Ruthven Wheeler
    1868
    Gift of James Hammond Trumbull, 1888.6.0, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known c…
    James Hammond Trumbull
    William Ruthven Wheeler
    1879
    Gift of Roger P. Welles, 1974.93.1, Connecticut Historical Society, No known copyright
    William Weston Patton
    William Ruthven Wheeler
    1882
    Gift of Mrs. Courtney Brown, 1974.19.3, Connecticut Historical Society, No known copyright
    William Worcester Lyman
    William Ruthven Wheeler
    1888
    Gift of Roger P. Welles, 1974.93.2, Connecticut Historical Society, No known copyright
    Mary Boardman Patton
    William Ruthven Wheeler
    1882
    Gift of Ada Louise Taylor, 1956.63.1, Connecticut Historical Society, No known copyright
    Ada Louise Taylor
    William Ruthven Wheeler
    1865 or 1866
    Gift of Mrs. Dorothy R. Taylor from the estate of Carolyn B. Taylor, 1986.105.4, Connecticut Hi…
    Frank Howard Lincoln
    William Ruthven Wheeler
    1865
    CHS collection, 1973.128.2, Connecticut Historical Society, No known copyright
    Woman with Cameo Jewelry
    William Ruthven Wheeler
    1884
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