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Gift of The Hartford Dental Society, 2009.410.12.1  © 2015 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Photograph album
Gift of The Hartford Dental Society, 2009.410.12.1 © 2015 The Connecticut Historical Society.

Photograph album

Subject (1815 - 1848)
Date2004
MediumPhotographs
DimensionsSheet (Photos 1-12 (height x width)): 6 × 4in. (15.2 × 10.2cm)
Sheet (Contributors label (height x width)): 4 × 8 1/2in. (10.2 × 21.6cm)
Sheet (height x width): 8 1/2 × 6 1/2in. (21.6 × 16.5cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineHartford Dental Society
DescriptionTwelve photographs of busts added to the Horace Wells memorial in Cedar Hill Cemetery.
One bust is of a woman with her head up, eyes closed and the words beneath her read "I sleep to awaken"
The second bust is of the same woman with her head up, but her eyes are open and the words beneath her read "I awaken to Glory".
Included in the album is a label noting details about the bust, who contributeed to its creation, and where it is located.
Object number2009.410.12.1-.13
On View
Not on view
Collections
Bequest of George Dudley Seymour, 1945.1.21, Connecticut Historical Society, No known copyright
Laura Wells
about 1812
Sampler
Mariett Norton
1836
Gift of Horace Learned and Mrs. Frank W. Crocker, 1979.25.310, Connecticut Museum of Culture an…
Mary Cheney
1870 - 1875
Figured Flask
Unknown
1847-1870
Gift of Mrs. George Wells Cheney, Jr., 1991.54.153, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, …
Wells Wadsworth Cheney
about 1890
The Death of Young Napoleon.
E.B. & E.C. Kellogg
1845-1846
Gift of Anne Cheney Zinsser, 2008.37.88, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, Copyright U…
Anne Wells Cheney
1886 - 1896
2015.77.22 © 2015 The Connecticut Historical Society
The Turner and Seymour Manufacturing Company
1866-1873
Gift of Daniel Piotrowski in memory of Horace W. Sellers III, 2016.100.111 © 2016 The Connectic…
Jane Wells