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William Harvey Wells

(American, 1810–1884)
1840
Medium/TechniqueWatercolor on ivory
DimensionsOverall: 9.4 cm (3 11/16 in.)
Image: 6.7 cm (2 5/8 in.)
Credit LineMuseum purchase by the Board of Trustees in honor of Roger Servison, President of the Board of Trustees, 2003–2008
Accession number2008.661
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsMiniatures
Collections
ProvenanceThe artist; with Joan Brownstein, Newburyport, Mass.; to Elle Shushan, 2008; to MFA, 2008, purchase.
James Smiley Sweet
Moses Baker Russell
about 1835
Peter Frederick Williston
Moses Baker Russell
1836
Sarah Anne Allen
Clarissa Peters Russell
about 1842
John Harris
Washington Allston
about 1796
Mrs. James Otis Carter
Edward Greene Malbone
1797
Russell Sturgis (copy after Gilbert Stuart)
Sarah Goodridge
about 1820–30