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Painted Portrait of Thomas Handasyd Perkins, by Spiridione Gambardella
Southworth and Hawes (American, active 1843–62)
After: Spiridione Gambardella (Italian, active in U.S. and England 1835–1868)
After: Spiridione Gambardella (Italian, active in U.S. and England 1835–1868)
1850–60
Medium/Technique
Photograph, daguerreotype
Dimensions
Plate: 21.7 x 16.7 cm (8 9/16 x 6 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Richard Parker in memory of Herman Parker
Accession Number1994.128
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Photography
ClassificationsPhotographs
Catalogue Raisonné
Spirit of Fact 14
Marks
L. l. plate maker mark: "No. 40"
ProvenanceRichard Parker, Jaffrey, NH; gift to MFA May 25, 1994.
Perkins was an American merchant from Boston and a benefactor of Massachusetts General Hospital, the Boston Athenaeum, and the Perkins Institute for the Blind.
Perkins was an American merchant from Boston and a benefactor of Massachusetts General Hospital, the Boston Athenaeum, and the Perkins Institute for the Blind.