Accession Number: 2003.144
Description: Print of a steel engraving shows a head-and-shoulders portrait of Prescott, a noted historian who was visually impaired. His signature (facsimile) appears in the bottom margin. Reverse is blank. Printed beneath the edge of the portrait "Engraved by T.B. Welch from a Daguerreotype by Southworth and Hawse."
Height: 10
Width: 6.5
Date Made: [1872]
Maker: Welch, T.B., engraver
Credit Line: Museum Purchase, 2003.144
Subjects: Adult blind. Art. Prescott, William Hickling, 1796-1859.
Dimension Notes: 4.5 x 3.75 in. (comp.)
Material: Paper
Updated: 05/13/2014