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Gift of The Hartford Dental Society, 2009.410.15.1  © 2015 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Photographs of a monument to Horace Wells in Paris
Gift of The Hartford Dental Society, 2009.410.15.1 © 2015 The Connecticut Historical Society.

Photographs of a monument to Horace Wells in Paris

Subject (1815 - 1848)
Date1984
MediumPhotographs
DimensionsSheet (vertical photographs height x width): 11 7/8 × 7 15/16in. (30.2 × 20.2cm) Sheet (horizontal photograph height x width): 7 15/16 × 11 7/8in. (20.2 × 30.2cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of the Hartford Dental Society.
Object number2009.410.15.1-3
DescriptionThree color photographs of the front of Horace Wells statue located at Place des Etats Unis in Paris, France. Two are vertical and one is horizontal.

A relief of Paul Bert can be seen on the rough base to commemerate his contribution to the knowledge of nitrous oxide gas.
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Status
Not on view
Gift of The Hartford Dental Society, 2009.410.14  © 2015 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Horace Wells
December 10, 1944
Gift of Mrs. George Wells Cheney, Jr., 1991.54.151, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History,  ...
Wells Wadsworth Cheney
about 1880
Gift of Mrs. George Wells Cheney, Jr., 1991.54.152, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History,  ...
Wells Wadsworth Cheney
about 1895
Gift of Mrs. George Wells Cheney, Jr., 1991.54.161, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History,  ...
George Wells Cheney Sr.
1945 - 1951
Gift of Mrs. Byard Williams, 1988.133.626, Connecticut Historical Society, Copyright Undetermin ...
Horace Bushnell Cheney Sr.
1905-1915
Gift of Nora Oakes Howard, 2017.41.44, Connecticut Historical Society, Copyright Undetermined
Thomas F. Oakes
1944-1945
Gift of Nora Oakes Howard, 2017.41.42, Connecticut Historical Society, Copyright Undetermined
Thomas F. Oakes
1944-1945
Bequest of George Dudley Seymour, 1945.1.21, Connecticut Historical Society, No known copyright
Laura Wells
about 1812