The Old Clock on the Stairs

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (American, 1809–1894)

Medium/TechniqueStereocard, albumen prints mounted to card stock

Credit LineEdward Jackson Holmes Collection—Bequest of Mrs. Edward Jackson Holmes

Accession number65.3074

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Inscriptionsverso, in ink, in Holmes' hand: The Old Clock on the Stairs - "Half-way up the stairs it stands "ProvenanceOliver Wendell Holmes (b. 1809 – d. 1894), Boston; by descent to his grandson, Edward Jackson Holmes (b. 1873 – d. 1950), Boston; 1950, bequeathed by Edward Jackson Holmes to his widow, Mary Stacy Beaman Holmes (b. 1875 – d. 1964), Boston; 1965, bequest of Mrs. Holmes to the MFA. (Accession Date: July 19, 2012)