Friedrich Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859), c. 1852

| Moses Wight (1827-95)
| after his 1852 composition
| oil on canvas
| 30 1/4 x 25 (76.84 x 63.50)
| Gift of Isaac Davis and George Frisbie Hoar, 1877
| Weis 70

Ex. Coll.: John Wooldredge; sold at auction by Joseph Leonard Auctions, August 29, 1877; purchased by donors.

Exhibitions:
1891, ‘Portraits by American Artists,’ Worcester Public Library.
1902-4, stored at the Worcester Art Museum, exhibited occasionally.

 

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