Frederick William Carpenter and William Butler Carpenter
SubjectPortrait of
Frederick William Carpenter
American, 1820 - 1907
SubjectPortrait of
William Butler Carpenter
American, 1853 - 1922
PhotographerPhotographed by
Unknown
MakerCase made by
Littlefield, Parsons and Co.
American, 1857 - 1866
Dateabout 1860
MediumAmbrotypes; collodion on glass with dark backing layer in brass window mat package, in thermoplastic case
DimensionsPlate (height x width): 2 1/2 × 2in. (6.4 × 5.1cm)
Plate (height x width): 2 1/2 × 2in. (6.4 × 5.1cm)
Other (case height x width x depth): 3 × 2 1/2 × 3/4in. (7.6 × 6.4 × 1.9cm)
Plate (height x width): 2 1/2 × 2in. (6.4 × 5.1cm)
Other (case height x width x depth): 3 × 2 1/2 × 3/4in. (7.6 × 6.4 × 1.9cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection
DescriptionTwo ninth-plate ambrotypes in a thermoplastic case. The sitters are Frederick William Carpenter on the left, and his son William Butler Carpenter on the right. Frederick Carpenter is about 40 and William Carpenter is about seven.
Object number2026.1.35.1-.2
MarkingsStamped on brass window mat around ambrotype of William Butler Carpenter (.2, on the right): "CONSTITUTION AND UNION"InscribedHandwritten in black ink on slip of paper in case: "Frederick William Carpenter / + his young son / Willy Butler Carpenter / Clarissa Symonds Bull, mother"Printed in black ink on label under the ambrotype of William Butler Carpenter: "Littlefield, Parsons & Co., / MANUFACTURERS OF / Daguerreotype Cases. / L., P. & Co., are the sole / Proprietors and only legal Manu- / facturers of UNION CASES, with the / Embracing Riveted Hinge. / Patented October 14, 1856, / and April 21, 1857."
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