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Framed photographic print of a portrait of James H. Ducan. He is represented in bust, turning right. He wears a suit jacket and vest, a button up shirt with a turn up collar with an ornate bow tie. The frame of the original painting is seen in the photograph.
photographic prints
paper (fiber product)
wood (plant material)
Print, Photographic
"Hon. James H. Duncan/ of Haverhill, Mass./ Photograph of a portrait in oil/ by Mrs. Marion Powers of Boston/ painted about 1906 for his daughter/ Mrs. Mary D. Harris and by her/ presented to the Haverhill Historical/ Society and now hung at the/ "Buttonwoods". It was worked up from/ several photographs and from the/ engraving in Chase's History of Haverhill/ which was counted by all his friends/ to have been an excellent likeness/ Labelled by me in 1910/ Stephen W. Phillips." (handwritten)
Duncan, James Henry, 1793-1869
Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
P656
Powers, Marion, d. 1962 (Painter)
12 9/16 x 10 12/16 x 1 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.1079
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