Collection Highlights
Dragonfly table lamp
Date:
ca. 1900-1906
Object Number:
N84.113.1
Medium:
Glass, bronze
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Portrait of Charles Hawley (1792-1866)
Object Number:
1942.197
Date:
c. 1820
Medium:
Graphite on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 x 3 1/4 in. ( 12.7 x 8.3 cm )
mat: 14 x 11 in. ( 35.6 x 27.9 cm )
Marks:
signature: lower left: "T. H. Wentworth, del."
inscription: at top [by subject's daughter]: "My father, Charles Hawley"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left in graphite: "T. H. Wentworth. del."; along upper edge in black ink: "My father, Charles Hawley"
Description:
Portrait
Gallery Label:
The subject was a prominent lawyer of Fairfield County, Connecticut, and a member of the state legislature as well as lieutenant governor of Connecticut from 1838 to 1842. This portrait was a gift to the Society from his granddaughter.
Credit Line:
Gift of Adelaide Milton de Groot
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
