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Rufus Porter

 
Rufus Porter

American painter, inventor
(West Boxford, MA, 5/1/1792 - 8/13/1884, West Haven, Connecticut)

Founder of Scientific American magazine

4 objects

Polly Dean Bradish (1797-1876)

1820-1835
pastel on paper
Gift of Alfred M. and Steven H. Merritt in memory of Priscilla H. Merritt
2007.15.2.1
 

Harvey Bradish (1790-1872)

1820-1835
pastel on paper
Gift of Alfred M. and Steven H. Merritt in memory of Priscilla H. Merritt
2007.15.1.1
 

Plumb and Level Indicator

ca. 1846
metal indicator parts on printed paper in wood frame
Gift In Memory of Robert Lindsay Thayer
2018.24
 

Portrait of Thomas Long (1798-1841)

ca. 1818
watercolor on paper
Gift of Julie and Carl Lindberg
2016.45