Souvenir of the Discovery of Anaesthesia
SubjectPortrait of 
Horace Wells
1815 - 1848
SubjectPortrait of 
Dr. John Mankey Riggs
1811 - 1885
SubjectPortrait of 
Dr. William T.G. Morton
American, 1819 - 1868
SubjectPortrait of 
Sir James Young Simpson
Scottish, 1811 - 1870
SubjectPortrait of 
Dr. Charles Thomas Jackson
American, 1805 - 1880
SubjectPortrait of 
Gardner Quincy Colton
1814 - 1898
SubjectPortrait of 
Dr. Crawford W. Long
American, 1815 - 1878
Dateafter 1842
MediumPrint on Paper board
DimensionsSheet (Height x width ): 23 1/8 x 19in. (58.7 x 48.3cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Hartford Dental Society
DescriptionA large poster with the center picture being of the Ether Monument, Public garden, Mass. 
There are seven surrounding portraits of men with their name inscribed underneath the pictures.
The bottom of the poster says "Souvenir of the Discovery of Anaesthia".
There are seven surrounding portraits of men with their name inscribed underneath the pictures.
The bottom of the poster says "Souvenir of the Discovery of Anaesthia".
Object number2009.410.18
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