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The Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund, 2004.52.324  © 2005 The Connecticut Historical Society.
N.A. Moore Painting Outdoors.
The Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund, 2004.52.324 © 2005 The Connecticut Historical Society.

N.A. Moore Painting Outdoors.

SubjectPortrait of Nelson Augustus Moore American, 1824 - 1902
Dateabout 1895
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver print on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 11 1/2 x 9 3/4in. (29.2 x 24.8cm)
Sheet (height x width): 11 1/2 x 9 3/4in. (29.2 x 24.8cm)
Mount (height x width): 17 x 14in. (43.2 x 35.6cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineThe Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund
DescriptionAn elderly man wearing a hat, coat, vest, necktie, and pants is seated outdoors beneath an umbrella. He has a mustache. An open paint box is on his lap. He holds a brush or pencil in his right hand and a palette and paint brush in his left hand. Tubes of paint are barely visible in the box. Two boards lean against his chair. He is seated in the middle of a grassy lawn, with flowering shrubs and trees in the background.
Object number2004.52.324
InscribedOn verso, lower right, in pencil, accession number.
Subject Terms
    On View
    Not on view
    2004.52.354
    Nelson Augustus Moore
    1880-1900
    Gift of G. Fox & Co., 1949.2.16  © 2009 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    Unknown
    1850-1920
    Gift of Mrs. William H. Bulkeley, 1965.46.1 © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    Charles William Eldridge
    about 1835
    Connecticut Historical Society collections, 1994.28.1 © 2016 The Connecticut Historical Society…
    A. C. Gilbert Company
    about 1936
    Moore's Grist Mill.
    Nelson Augustus Moore
    late 19th century
    , 1981.116.16  Photograph by Gavin Ashworth.  © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    Unknown
    about 1896
    Asia.
    D. W. Kellogg & Co.
    1830-1840