Hamersly Family
PhotographerPhotographed by
Unknown
Dateabout 1890
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver prints on paper; platinum print on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 5 x 3in. (12.7 x 7.6cm) or smaller
Sheet (height x width): 5 3/4 x 4in. (14.6 x 10.2cm) or smaller
Sheet (height x width): 5 3/4 x 4in. (14.6 x 10.2cm) or smaller
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Elizabeth W. Temple
DescriptionAn elderly man wearing a straw hat onthe grassy lawn of a house with three young children and a toy wagon. A middle-aged woman, probably a nursemaid or servant stands on a paved sidewalk with a small girl and toy baby carriage containing a doll. A small girl poses in front of a frame house.
Object number2011.63.16-.18
Inscribed2011.63.16: On verso, in pencil, "Jane Hamersley"2011.63.17: On verso, in pencil, "Minnie McGill / & Jane Hamersley"
All photographs: On verso, lower right, in pencil, accession numberNotesSubject Note: The photographs all appear to include Jane Hamersley, the daughter of William Hamersley and his wife Jane A. Hamersley. Minnie McGill, a servant, was still living in the Hamersley household on Washington Street in Hartford in 1920. (Finlay 7/2/2011)
On View
Not on view
Horace Bushnell Cheney Sr.
about 1900
