7.1979: W. Morton [possibly William Thomas Green Morton]

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

Permissions

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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