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United States Patent for Roswell Gleason's Magic Caster

(American, active 1851–1871)
(American, 1799–1887)
about 1871
Object PlaceUnited States
Medium/TechniqueInk on paper
DimensionsOverall: 52.1 x 38.7 cm (20 1/2 x 15 1/4 in.)
Credit LineGift of Jay S. Hartnett
Accession numberSC.Gleason III
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSpecial collections
Collections
Provenance1970s, acquired from the family of Roswell Gleason by Jay S. Hartnett, Whitefield, NH; 2012, gift of Jay S. Hartnett to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 30, 2012)
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