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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2.2002.2005
People
John Adams Whipple, American (Grafton, Mass., USA 1822 - 1891 Boston, Mass., USA)
Sitter: Benjamin Peirce (Salem, Massachusetts 1809-1880 Cambridge, Massachusetts)
Title
Benjamin Peirce (1809-1880), Perkins Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy, Harvard University
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
c. 1858
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States, Massachusetts, Cambridge
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/157279

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Varnished salted paper print
Technique
Salted paper print
Dimensions
image: 14.4 x 11 cm (5 11/16 x 4 5/16 in.)
mount: 35.5 x 28 cm (14 x 11 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Transfer from the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Gift of Arthur S. Eldredge
Accession Year
2011
Object Number
2.2002.2005
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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