Edwin Robert Little

Painting

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Name/Title

Edwin Robert Little

Entry/Object ID

Little, Edwin Robert

Description

Seated figure reading book. Subdued light from lamp on table shines on wall and drapes in background. Subject faces artist, but with his eyes on book in his lap.

Artwork Details

Medium

Oil on Canvas

Collection

Private Collection

Made/Created

Artist

Eleanor Colby Little, 1887-1978

Date made

1916

Notes

Portrait by artist, wife of subject. Painted in Detroit, MI where family lived

General Notes

Note Type

Historical Note

Note

Edwin Robert Little was born on 24 April 1887, in Norwalk, Huron, Ohio, United States, his father, Edwin Eaton Little, was 35 and his mother, Ella Collette, was 35. He married Eleanor Thresher Colby on 24 October 1916, in Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Detroit Ward 1, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States in 1920. He died on 1 November 1954, in Grosse Pointe, Wayne, Michigan, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States. Graduated from the University of Michigan.

Create Date

July 31, 2026

Update Date

July 31, 2026