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Portrait of Henry E. Huntington, circa 1900



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    Portrait of Henry E. Huntington, circa 1917

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    Photographic portrait of Henry. E. Huntington standing in front of bookshelves in Library building. Three-quarter length. Appeared in Boston Evening Transcript, Rare and Old Book Section, February 16, 1921. MS notes on verso read "Henry E. Huntington (1850-1927) (Founder of Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery, San Marino, Calif.) Phot by Arnold Genthe, N.Y." and HEH in library, c. 1917." MS note on the verso of a variant reads "HEH in N.Y. library, ca. 1917."

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  • Portrait of Henry E. Huntington, circa 1873

    Portrait of Henry E. Huntington, circa 1873

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    A studio photographic portrait of Henry E. Huntington, taken around the time of his first marriage to Mary Alice Prentice in 1873. He wears a dark suit and tie and has a thick mustache and mutton chop sideburns. Printed notes on verso read "P.R. Young McCrum Block, Oneonta, N.Y." MS notes on verso read "HEH, c. 1873" and "Metcalf, 1984." Another copy of this image, HEH 61/1/2 (4), gives the date as circa 1880. Later date used.

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  • Henry E. Huntington and granddaughter

    Henry E. Huntington and granddaughter

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    One on Henry Huntington's granddaughters sitting on his knee outdoors. MS notes on verso read "Last of Aug 1916", "H.E. Huntington & Mary Brockway Metcalf", and "Metcalf coll. 1984." Identification of the child as Mary Metcalf, born 1909, daughter of Henry's daughter Elizabeth, is not certain. This may also possibly be another granddaughter, Mary Alice Huntington, born 1914, or, Leslie Alice Huntington, born 1916.

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  • Portrait of Henry E. Huntington, circa 1890

    Portrait of Henry E. Huntington, circa 1890

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    An engraved studio portrait of Henry E. Huntington with his signature underneath. MS note on envelope reads "HEH engraved portrait."

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  • Portrait of Henry E. Huntington, 1916

    Portrait of Henry E. Huntington, 1916

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    An autochrome portrait, from the early years of color photography. An oval-shaped half-length portrait of Henry E. Huntington, seated.

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  • Portrait of Henry E. Huntington, 1907

    Portrait of Henry E. Huntington, 1907

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    Three-quarter length studio photographic portrait of Henry E. Huntington. Artist’s proof, signed by Huntington on the verso. "Copyright 1907 by Theo. C. Marceau, N.Y." on print in lower left corner.

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