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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1952.124
People
Seth Wells Cheney, American (S. Manchester, CT 1810 - 1856 S. Manchester, CT)
Title
Dr. Charles Thomas Jackson (1805-1880)
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
19th century
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/310620

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Charcoal and white crayon on heavy gray paper
Dimensions
sight: 54 x 43 cm (21 1/4 x 16 15/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mrs. Philip P. Sharples and Mrs. Robert N. Miller (Elinor Dodge Miller)
Accession Year
1952
Object Number
1952.124
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Oval shape.

Publication History

  • Edward Waldo Forbes, "He Found Use of Ether", Harvard Alumni Bulletin (Cambridge, MA, February 7, 1953), vol. 55, no. 9, pp. 392-393, ill. p. 392
  • Charles T. Jackson, "Another Anesthesia Pioneer", Harvard Magazine (Cambridge, MA, March 1981 - April 1981), vol. 83, no. 4, pp. 14-17, ill. p. 14

Exhibition History

  • 150th Anniversary of the Introduction of Ether Anasthesia into Surgery, Countway Library, Center for the History of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, 10/15/1996 - 11/26/1996

Verification Level

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