Certificate, New England Union University: Scene done in a Trance.

Otis Bradford, American, 19th century

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1858

Lithograph on wove paper

Sheet: 18 7/8 × 23 7/8 in. (47.9 × 60.6 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Julia L. Whittier Fund

PR.959.115

Publisher

L. H. Bradford & Company, Boston

Geography

Place Made: United States, North America

Period

19th century

Object Name

Print

Research Area

Print

Not on view

Inscriptions

Printed, beneath image: The above design was given & drawn in the trance state, May 22nd 1858 at Marlow, N.H. by J.L.D. Otis, in presence of Erastus Nichols, James Shepard, Jonathan Carpenter, George Shepardson, Catherine Otis and Electa Shepardson in two hours and 58 minutes; lower right: L. H. Bradford & Co's Lith.

Provenance

Raymond G. Clifton (1895-1968), Pine Cupboard Antique Shop, Franklin, New Hampshire; sold to present collection, 1959.

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