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Identification and Creation

Object Number
H507
People
Edward Dufner, American (Buffalo, NY 1871 - 1957 Short Hills, NJ)
William Dean Howells (1837-1920)
Title
William Dean Howells (1837-1920)
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
19th-20th century
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/304823

Physical Descriptions

Dimensions
sight: 39 x 28.9 cm (15 3/8 x 11 3/8 in.)
framed: 49.5 x 39.4 x 2.9 cm (19 1/2 x 15 1/2 x 1 1/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: u.l.: Edward DUFNER-N.A.
  • inscription: verso: PORTRAIT OF/WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS/AT THE AGE OF TWENTY YRS.
  • label: on back, paper, printed: "Tel. Regent 7266/ Artists Framing Co. Inc./ J. Lowenbein, Pres./ Picture Framers/ Fine Paintings/ 57 East 59th Street, New York"

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard University Portrait Collection, Gift of Edward Dufner at the desire of his wife, Ilka Howells Dufner, a relative of Mr. Howells, to Harvard University, 1942
Object Number
H507
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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