Carved Depiction of Heaven Within One Half of a Wooden Ball
G. M. Whipple and A. A. Smith
(American, 1860–1875)
Medium/TechniqueStereocard, albumen prints mounted to card stock
Credit LineEdward Jackson Holmes Collection—Bequest of Mrs. Edward Jackson Holmes
Accession number65.3331
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPhotographs
Collections
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: May 1, 2015)
Unidentified artist, American, mid-19th century
Unidentified artist, American, mid-19th century
Unidentified artist, American, mid-19th century
Unidentified artist, American, mid-19th century
Unidentified artist, American, mid-19th century
Unidentified artist, American, mid-19th century
Unidentified artist, American, mid-19th century
Unidentified artist, American, mid-19th century
Unidentified artist, American, mid-19th century
