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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1.1979.X
People
Southworth & Hawes, American (active 1843-1863)
Title
Backing board for Early Operation Using Ether
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1847
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States, Massachusetts, Boston
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/331612

Physical Descriptions

Medium
backing board
Technique
Daguerreotype
Dimensions
15 x 20 cm (5 7/8 x 7 7/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Joseph Warren, Brookline, MA, loan to the Massachusetts General Hospital Photo, 1942. A paper attached to the verso of the plate notes this provenance.
Massachusetts General Hospital Photo Collection, Boston, MA, loan from Joseph Warren, loan to the Fogg Art Museum, 1979.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Loan from the Massachusetts General Hospital Archives and Special Collections
Object Number
1.1979.X
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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