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Identification and Creation

Object Number
6.1979
People
Southworth & Hawes, American (active 1843-1863)
Title
James Jackson [first physician to Massachusetts General Hospital, 1777-1867]
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
c. 1850-1855
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States, Massachusetts
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/286192

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Whole plate daguerreotype
Technique
Daguerreotype
Dimensions
20 x 14.5 cm (7 7/8 x 5 11/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso, upper center, scratched into plate: Dr. Jackson
  • plate mark: Doublé/J.P.
  • inscription: verso of backing material from framing, ink: James Jackson [over] First Physician to the Hospital 1817 - 1837 ? [over] Presented to the Hospital [over] December, 1934 [over] by Mr. Henry Jackson, Sen

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Mr. Henry Jackson, Massachusetts, gift to the Massachusetts General Hospital, 1934. This information appears on a paper label attached to the verso of the plate.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Loan from the Massachusetts General Hospital Archives and Special Collections
Object Number
6.1979
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Grant Romer and Brian Wallis, ed., Young America: The Daguerreotypes of Southworth & Hawes, exh. cat., Steidl (New York and Gottingen, Germany, 2005), p. 299, cat. no. 203

Exhibition History

  • GenEd US12 American Encounters: Art, Contact, and Conflict, 1560-1860 (S427) Spring 2012, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/31/2012 - 05/12/2012
  • 32Q: 2100 19th Century, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 04/07/2015 - 11/10/2015

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