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N.C. Brainard Acquisition Fund and Seymour Museum Fund Income, 1973.25.56, Connecticut Museum o…
John T. Collins
N.C. Brainard Acquisition Fund and Seymour Museum Fund Income, 1973.25.56, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known copyright

John T. Collins

PainterPainted by Louis Grosvernor Frink American, 1869 - 1956
MediumDrawing; pencil, watercolor, and gouache on brown paper on cardboard
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 15 3/4 x 20in. (40 x 50.8cm)
Sheet (height x width): 15 3/4 x 20in. (40 x 50.8cm)
Mount (height x width): 15 3/4 x 20in. (40 x 50.8cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineN.C. Brainard Acquisition Fund and Seymour Museum Fund Income
DescriptionDrawing of an older man with white beard and hair and his mouth wide open. He wears a brown suit, tan vest, and white blouse with a small bowtie. He holds his black hat in one of his hands and points the other towards the viewers.
Verso has depiction of thick branch and grass.
Object number1973.25.56
MarkingsOn verso, stamped in red ink, "American Primitives / by Lou Frink / Windham, Conn. No. 56"InscribedUpper left, in pen, """John T. Collins" / May be Willimantic newspaper editor"

Lower right, in pencil, accession number

[Not Lou's handwriting]
On View
Not on view
Cameo
The Hartford Faience Co.
about 1910
Expectation.
E.B. & E.C. Kellogg
1857-1867
Gift of Mrs. Stanley Edwards and Miss Mary Edwards, 1971.63.7a © 2016 The Connecticut Historica…
James Marvin Bunce
before 1859
Gift of Etta Corlies Chapman,1956.47.12, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known co…
Moses Butler Bull
1865-1872
Museum purchase, 1986.157.0, Connecticut Historical Society, Copyright Not Determined
Caroline Watrous
about 1815
Gift of Etta Corlies Chapman, 1956.47.5, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known co…
Unknown
1860-1865
Gift of Etta Corlies Chapman, 1956.47.6, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known co…
Unknown
1860-1865
Uncle Tom and Little Eva.
E.C. Kellogg & Co.
1852-1853
Sons of Temperance.
Elijah Chapman Kellogg
1850-1851