Bust-length portrait of a man with ponytail, in black coat, white ruffled shirt. Deacon Whiting, of Billerica, MA, was husband of Rachel Rogers Whiting (1964.142).
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Unidentified Paper
Portrait
Penciled script on reverse, center: ""Deacon/ Sam'l Whiting/ Billerica/ Ob. 1843""
Deacon Samuel Whiting
Unknown
5.75 x 4.75 x 0.25 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Mrs. Austin Smith
1964.141
Massachusetts (United States)
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