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Miscellaneous Moore Family Portraits.

Date1860-1900

MediumPhotography; albumen prints, collodion prints, and platinum prints on paper on cardboard mounts, one in wood frame; tintype on laquered iron

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 5 15/16 x 4 1/8in. (15.1 x 10.5cm) or smaller
Sheet (height x width): 5 15/16 x 4 1/8in. (15.1 x 10.5cm) or smaller
Mount (height x width): 6 9/16 x 4 1/4in. (16.7 x 10.8cm) or smaller

Credit LineThe Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund

DescriptionStudio portraits of young men, boys, a middle-aged woman, girls, and small children. One young man has a mustache; the other has a beard and mustache. The small children appear to be boys wearing dresses. Other boys wear short pants and jackets. Some photographs include a chair with a fringed armrest.

Object number2004.52.379-.396

MarkingsOn verso of the frame of 2004.52.396, a gummed label at upper center is inscribed in blue ink, "Roswell Moore / father of / Marjorie Moore / (deceased 1957)". A gummed label at lower right is printed in brown ink, "135 BANK ST. WATERBURY, CT. / THE CURTIS ART CO."InscribedOn verso: 2004.52.382 inscribed in pencil, "Ellen M. Moore / A.J.P. Moore / taken in 1885"; 2004.52.383 inscribed in pencil, "Roswell A. Moore Jr."; accession number inscribed on all photographs at lower right, in pencil.NotesSubject Note: The subjects of the portraits have been identified as Ellen Mindwell Moore, Edwin Augustus Moore, Henrietta Norton Moore (Mrs. R.A. Moore), Roswell Moore, Roswell A. Moore, Jr., and A.J.P. Moore. (Finlay 8/31/2004)

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