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Charles Sumner
Southworth and Hawes (American, active 1843–62)
1853–56
Medium/Technique
Photograph, daguerreotype
Dimensions
Plate: 21.6 x 16.2 cm (8 1/2 x 6 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession Number54.716
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Photography
ClassificationsPhotographs
Marks
U. r. plate maker mark: "Christofle". Spirit of Fact #13.
InscriptionsVerso, in graphite: "Charles Sumner".
ProvenanceWilliam G. Russell Allen (1882-1955, Boston); his gift to MFA, June 10,1954.