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Interior portrait

William Harvey Wells, Jr.

1855
Medium/TechniquePhotograph, daguerreotype
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 number2008.662
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsMiniatures
Collections
Description
Young William holds his father's small portrait (2008.661) in its distinctive leather case.
ProvenanceThe artist; with Joan Brownstein, Newburyport, Mass.; to Elle Shushan, 2008; to MFA, 2008, purchase.
Group: 69.1121-69.1122
Rev. John Atwood
Unidentified artist, American, 19th century
Group: 69.1121-69.1122
Mrs. John Atwood (Lydia Dodge)
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Anthony Elton
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Mrs. Thomas Hewes Hinckley (Elizabeth Bass)
Mrs. Thomas Hewes Hinckley (Elizabeth Bass)
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John Henry Howard Graupner
John Henry Howard Graupner
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about 1840
Portrait of a Man
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a
John Clarke Howard and Mrs. John Clarke Howard (Hepzibah Swan)
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early 19th century
Samuel Parkman Oliver
Samuel Parkman Oliver
Unidentified artist, American, 19th century
about 1835
Child in a Blue Dress
Child in a Blue Dress
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18th century
Henry A. Page
Henry A. Page
Unidentified artist, American, 19th century
Mrs. Greenleaf Greeley
Mrs. Greenleaf Greeley
Unidentified artist, American, 19th century
1830