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Portrait of an Unknown Woman
Portrait of an Unknown Woman

Portrait of an Unknown Woman

PhotographerPhotographed by Isaac White American, 1840 - 1883
Date1880
MediumPhotography; albumen print on carte-de-visite card
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 3 13/16 x 2 1/4in. (9.7 x 5.7cm)
Sheet (height x width): 4 1/8 x 2 7/16in. (10.5 x 6.2cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Dr. Charles Leich
DescriptionBust-length studio portrait of a woman wearing a lace collar.
Object number2002.7.0
InscribedOn verso, at top, in black ink: "Uncle Ed / 1880 / March"NotesSubject Note: The inscription "Uncle Ed" on verso may refer to Edward Brewer, a partner in the firm of Brewer & White, East Hartford. If so, the sitter may have been a niece of Edward Brewer. (Finlay 3/21/2002)
On View
Not on view
Gift of Mrs. Sally Pullman, 2002.10.2, The Connecticut Historical Society.
Daniel Jones
about 1875
Gift of James B. Lyon and Murtha Cullina LLP, 2002.62.10  © 2002 The Connecticut Historical Soc…
Richard S. DeLamater
1860-1889
Fannie Buell Gilman
Willimantic Gallery of Art
1871-1876
Museum purchase, 1983.61.0  © 2012 The Connecticut Historical Society.
S. H. Waite
1864
Mary Augusta Holmes
Barcalow
1860-1869
Unidentified Baby, Age 9 Months
Butler family
1869-1889
William Henry Brown
Unknown
1884-1890
Gift of Miss Dorothy F. Bidwell, 1974.16.1, the Connecticut Historical Society
Fun Chin
about 1880
Gift of Barbara Mellers, 2011.162.11 © 2011 The Connecticut Historical Society.
William A. Judson
1864
2003.20.7
Richard S. DeLamater
1860-1920
Gift of John Heckman, 2003.170.37  © 2011 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Wilbur F. Page
about 1865