2003.201

Carte de visite, Portrait of Arthur Skinner

R.S. DeLamater, photographer

Hartford, CT

ca. 1870

Black and white photo is mounted on a white card. Photo shows a boy sitting on an upholstered, fringe-trimmed chair. His left arm is resting on a wooden table and his left index finger is touching a book. He is dressed in a long dark jacket and matching pants. At his collar is a bow tie. On the back, at center, is printed the name of the photographer and the address, "258 Main St. 3 doors above P.O.," in a decorative design. At top left is printed "Beautiful Stereoscopic Views of Hartford & Vicinity For Sale." At bottom right is printed "Unequaled Facilities for Making Residence & Landscape Views." At top, in pencil, is handwritten "Blind boy. Arthur Skinner." A boy named Arthur Skinner, from Connecticut, is among the students listed in the 1870 annual report of the Perkins School for the Blind. Cartes de visite were popular during the Civil War era. Slight foxing; carte was unevenly trimmed.

Card stock, paper

4 x 2 1/2 in.