Rufus Morse Newhall
This is a memorial portrait of Rufus Morse Newhall, born October 17, 1847, in Lincoln, Massachusetts, to Martha J. and Francis Newhall. He died in 1849, when he was seventeen months and four days old. The locket was designed to hold two images.
Artwork Details
- Title: Rufus Morse Newhall
- Artist: Attributed to Mrs. Moses B. Russell (Clarissa Peters) (1809–1854)
- Date: 1849
- Culture: American
- Medium: Watercolor on ivory
- Dimensions: Diam. 3/4 in. (1.9 cm)
- Credit Line: Gift of Alvin and Davida Deutsch, in honor of Kathy Luhrs, 1984
- Object Number: 1984.116.1
- Curatorial Department: The American Wing
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