Robert Beattie
SubjectPortrait of
Robert Beattie
American, 1898 - 1992
Datec. 1918
MediumPhotography; nitrate negatives
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width): 5 1/4 × 3in. (13.3 × 7.6cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineBequest from the Estate of Elizabeth Beattie
DescriptionBlack and white photographic negative, full length view of Robert Beattie on a rock outcropping along the coast of Narrows Island, looking toward Sachem Head, Guilford, Connecticut. Beattie is standing with his hands in his pockets and is dressed in an open suit jacket with matching trousers, white button up shirt, dark colored tie, and lace-up leather shoes.
Object number2023.17.2
CopyrightPublic Domain
InscribedHandwritten on envelope in black ink, “Robert Beattie / 1918? / Narrows Island / Looking toward Sachem Head”NotesSubject Note: John Beattie's granite quarry, situated in Guilford on the Long Island Sound, was well-positioned to distribute granite via a fleet of schooners to locations in Connecticut and New York. Notably, granite from Beattie's quarry was used in the pedestal at the base of the Statue of Liberty.The quarry operated from 1869, when Scottish immigrant Beattie purchased 400 acres of land on Leetes Island, until about 1918, when Beattie's sons closed up shop 20 years after his death. At its height, the quarry employed 700 people, many of them immigrants from Scotland, Ireland, England, Finland, Sweden, and Italy.
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c. 1905-1910
1890-1918
1890-1918
1905-1906