Collections record Beta

Printing Plate

2019-87-5

Copper plate used for printing. Engraved or etched lettering on one side (reversed), "Mr. and Mrs. Richard Harkness Templeton/have the honor of/announcing the marriage of their daughter/Julia Lynne/to/Mr. Marshall Field/on Tuesday, the seventh of July/One thousand nine hundred and sixty-four/New York."

Produced for the first marriage of Lynne Templeton Field Brickley to Marshall Field IV. From the estate of Lynne Templeton Brickley (1940-2019). Transferred from LHS Archives, Lynne Templeton Brickley Papers, 2019-87-0.

Lynne Templeton Brickley was an independent historian who worked as a consultant for several prize-winning exhibitions at the Litchfield Historical Society, including a major exhibition on the Litchfield Female Academy (the subject of her dissertation). A resident of Litchfield since 1968, Brickley served for many years on the Society's Board of Directors (including periods as president and secretary), was an active member of the Litchfield Garden Club and the Litchfield Democratic Town Committee, and served on the board of the Litchfield Preservation Trust and the Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation.

1964

Overall length 5.375", width 4.25"

• copper