7.1979: W. Morton [possibly William Thomas Green Morton]
Photographs
This object does not yet have a description.
Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 7.1979
- People
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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
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- label: Found among the papers of Henry J. Bigelow after his death. Label: 'WM. Morton
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
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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
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