Wax Cloth Figure from the Centennial International Exhibition of 1876 in Philadelphia

Course History

COLT 73, 101, Spectacle and Exhibitionism, Michelle Warren, Winter 2012

Provenance

Collected by "an old sea captain," about 1820-1860; to General John Hewston, California; bequeathed to his niece, Margaret Barnhill Roosevelt Kimberly (1851-1927), West Newton, Massachusetts; given to present collection, 1922.

Old Number

Red No. 22.394

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