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Identification and Creation

Object Number
7.1979
People
W.L. Germon, American (1823 - 1877)
Title
W. Morton [possibly William Thomas Green Morton]
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
c. 1854
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States, Massachusetts
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/286292

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Sixth plate daguerreotype
Technique
Daguerreotype
Dimensions
actual: 7 x 5.5 cm (2 3/4 x 2 3/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • label: Found among the papers of Henry J. Bigelow after his death. Label: 'WM. Morton

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Henry Jacob Bigelow, Massachusetts, gift to the Massachusetts General Hospital?. A label affixed to the object notes that it was found among the papers of Henry Jacob Bigelow after his death.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Loan from the Massachusetts General Hospital Archives and Special Collections
Object Number
7.1979
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Richard Wolfe, former curator of Countway Library and expert on Morton, does not believe this portrait is of William Thomas Green Morton

Verification Level

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