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Photograph

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1940-1950

GUSN

GUSN-51058

Description

A black and white photograph, waist length, of a white-haired man seated in an armchair, holding a pipe and a book. A bookcase, drapes and household accessories are in the background. It is in a blue leather covered tabletop frame, embossed with gilt banding and initials.

Details

Descriptive Terms

portraits
photographs
embossing
leather
paper (fiber product)
photographs
figure- and animal-derived motifs
men (male humans)
portraits
Picture
Portrait
Man
Portrait

Inscription

Embossed on the frame front is: A.W.L. Ont he back is: W.W. Winship/Boston. And: C * S .

Associated Building

Original to Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm (Newbury, Mass.),

Additional Identification Number

1986.690

People and Organizations

Lispenard B. Phister

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

9.375 x 7.5 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Amelia W. Little

Accession Number

1986.690

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