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John Henry Adam

Anson Dickinson

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Black and white portrait of a young man with short dark hair, wearing a white collared shirt with a black bow at the neck, and a black jacket. The portrait is on the left side of a two-panel image. The right panel contains handwritten cursive text on lined paper. The text reads: "John Henry Adams From 1822 Uncle Fields' Son died at Malden Bay August 24 1840". The portrait and text are in a black case with a gray background behind it.

Artwork details

Date:
1835
Medium:
Watercolor on ivory
Culture:
American
Dimensions:
599 × 373 px
Museum record:
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