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1894.3.1, Deposited by Mrs. G. B. Brown, Connecticut Historical Society, Public Domain
Thomas Shelley
1894.3.1, Deposited by Mrs. G. B. Brown, Connecticut Historical Society, Public Domain

Thomas Shelley

MediumPhotography; albumen print on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions: 8 1/8 × 10in. (20.6 × 25.4cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineDeposited by Mrs. G. B. Brown
DescriptionBlack and white three quarter view studio portrait of Thomas Shelley. Shelley, a corpulent man, is seated on a chair. He is holding a book in one hand and the other arm is resting on a small table covered by a tablecloth. Shelley has gray hair and a short goatee-style beard. He is wearing a gray suit with a dark, polka-dotted waistcoat and white shirt, and his pocketwatch chain is visible across the waistcoat. There is a patterned curtain in the background.
Object number1894.3.1
InscribedHandwritten in red ink on back: "8511"

Handwritten in pencil on back: "[Thomas Shelley]"
Subject Terms
    On View
    Not on view
    Gift of Eleanor Bissell, 1960.22.16, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known copyri…
    Unknown
    1840-1855
    Gift of Eleanor Bissell, 1960.22.19, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known copyri…
    Unknown
    1853-1858
    Gift of Martha Dewing, 2015.173.25, Connecticut Historical Society, No Known Copyright
    James J. Goodwin
    about 1905
    Gift of Mrs. Josephine Tilney, 1977.7.15, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known c…
    Unknown
    about 1855
    Gift of Mrs. George (Laura Wolcott) Gibbs and George Gibbs, 1849.1.2, Connecticut Museum of Cul…
    Joseph Steward
    Gift of William A. Burr, 1908.4.1, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known copyrigh…
    Samuel Burr
    1792
    Gift of Newton C. Brainard, 1962.28.3  Photograph by Gavin Ashworth.  © 2009 The Connecticut Hi…
    Prudence Punderson
    1776-1780
    Gift of Mrs. George Wells Cheney, Jr., 1991.54.104, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, …
    Colonel Louis Richmond Cheney
    about 1908
    Museum purchase, 1962.75.0, Connecticut Historical Society, No known copyright
    William Blodget
    Gift of Anne Cheney Zinsser, 2008.37.118, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, Copyright …
    Charles Cheney
    about 1890