Museum purchase, 1983.10.49a-b, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known copyright

Portrait of Shoemaker Leonard Bartlett

SubjectPortrait of Leonard Bartlett American, 1833 - 1915

Datec. 1850-1855

MediumPhotography, 1/2 plate ambrotype on ruby glass, wood

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width of frame): 6 3/4 × 8in. (17.1 × 20.3cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineMuseum purchase

DescriptionAn (a) ambrotype in a (b) wood frame of deaf shoemaker Leonard Bartlett. A half plate ambrotype of a young man at work in a cobbler shop. The man is sitting and facing the camera. He is wearing a checked shirt and work apron. Around him are shoemaker's tools and materials and boots. There is a window at the right.

Object number1983.10.49a-b

NotesRelated Note: A certificate of "punctual, faithful, and successful" employment presented to Leonard Bartlett by the American Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb (American School for the Deaf) and signed by L. Weld, Principal, 28 April 1852, is in the Connecticut Museum collection (1983.10.49c, Ms 102202).

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