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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)
Subject Terms
    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
    2003.20.7
    Richard S. DeLamater
    1860-1920
    Gift of Barbara Mellers, 2011.162.11 © 2011 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    William A. Judson
    1864
    The Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund, 1997.116.0, the Connecticut Historical Society
    Richard S. DeLamater