PhotographsAmerican19th century

W. Morton [possibly William Thomas Green Morton]

c. 1854

Artists

W.L. GermonArtist

Description

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

Classification

Photographs

Technique

Daguerreotype

Medium

Sixth plate daguerreotype

Culture

American

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Photographs

Dimensions

actual: 7 x 5.5 cm (2 3/4 x 2 3/16 in.)

Provenance

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.

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