Waistcoat
c. 1839
Artists
Dimensions
52.5 × 39.2 cm (20 11/16 × 15 7/16 in.) armhole from shoulder fold to underarm seam: 16 cm (6 5/16 in.)
Provenance
Alfred Greenough, Sr (1809-1851), bequest; to his son, Alfred Greenough, Jr. (1844-1884), bequest; through family relations and descent to donor's great grandmother, Harriet Parker Reynolds, his grandmother Dorothea Jordan Reynolds, and his mother, Dorothea Reynolds Hanson, bequest; to John Hanson, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2022
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