Mrs. Erastus Collins
PhotographerPhotographed by
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Datebefore 1874
MediumPhotography; photographic print, on paper, on cardboard
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 4 3/4 x 3 1/16in. (12.1 x 7.8cm)
Sheet (height x width): 4 3/4 x 3 1/16in. (12.1 x 7.8cm)
Mount (height x width): 5 9/16 x 3 11/16in. (14.1 x 9.4cm)
Sheet (height x width): 4 3/4 x 3 1/16in. (12.1 x 7.8cm)
Mount (height x width): 5 9/16 x 3 11/16in. (14.1 x 9.4cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Elizabeth W. Temple
DescriptionMid-bust portrait of an older woman with short brown hair with a white bow in her hear, wearing a black dress with a white lace collar
Object number2011.63.29
InscribedOn verso, in black ink, "Mrs. Erastus Collins / nee Mary Atwood Collins / from Philadelphia / The great grandmother/of Jane Hamersley Wright"; lower right, in pencil, acession numberNotesSubject Note: Mary Atwood was born on 27 July 1822 in Philadelphia. She was the daughter of John Mulliken Atwood and his wife Henrietta Maria Coffin. She married Erastus Collins, had one son, Atwood Collins, and died in Hartford on 31 March 1874. (Ruocco, 2/11/10)On View
Not on view
