1896
HGO-01-001-F-W-3
GUSN-360037
This portait shows Sarah Orne Jewett in profile reading a book while seated at a table, on which sits a small vase of flowers. Undernearth the portrait the following is handwritten: "With kind wishes and remembrance of Mr. Scott's visit / Sarah Orne Jewett / May first 1896."
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With kind wishes and remembrance of Mr. Scott's visit / Sarah Orne Jewett / May first 1896 (handwritten)
1 signed portrait : black-and-white print ; 10 x 5 1/2 inches
PC004
Personal photographic collection
2022
PC004.01.J.0700.03
Library & Archives Purchase
1896
Library & Archives purchase, 2022
South Berwick (York county, Maine)
portraits
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signatures (names)
Jewett, Sarah Orne, 1849-1909
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Book
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HGO-01-001-F-W-3
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