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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

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
InscribedOn the back, each photo is given a number (1-12), given a concise related title, and the date of Sept. 2004.
Collections
  • Horace Wells
On View
Not on view
Sampler
Mariett Norton
1836
Gift of Mrs. Byard Williams, 2008.37.87, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, Copyright U…
Anne Wells Cheney
1886 - 1888
Gift of Horace Learned and Mrs. Frank W. Crocker, 1979.25.310, Connecticut Museum of Culture an…
Mary Cheney
1870 - 1875
Gift of Mrs. George Wells Cheney, Jr., 1991.54.153, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, …
Wells Wadsworth Cheney
about 1890
Figured Flask
Unknown
1847-1870
Gift of Anne Cheney Zinsser, 2008.37.88, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, Copyright U…
Anne Wells Cheney
1886 - 1896
The Death of Young Napoleon.
E.B. & E.C. Kellogg
1845-1846