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1890-1950
GUSN-288736
Black-and-white photograph of Alvin Foye in oval gilt and gesso frame with beaded edges.
portraits
photographic prints
photographic prints
wood (plant material)
glass (material)
gesso
gilding
Print, Photographic
Alvin Foye/Born Jan. 11, 1824/Died July 11, 1906 (Self-adhesive paper label)
Original To Nickels-Sortwell House (Wiscasset, Me.),
Unknown
United States
13 1/4 x 11 1/8 x 1 1/8 (HxWxD) (inches)
Bequest of Frances Sortwell
1958.287.5
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