Eyeglasses
- Object Name:
- Eyeglasses
- Object ID:
- 1993.003.07
- Description:
- Eyeglasses. Worn by Weare Tappan (1790-1868) of Bradford, NH, said to be same ones worn in portrait of him (1993.003.01). Metal frames, oval lenses, wire earpieces. Lenses 1.1" x 1.5".
- Material:
- Metal
Glass - Dimensions:
- H-2.4 W-4.25 D-4 inches
- Provenance:
- Weare Tappan (1790-1868), born in East Kingston, NH. Graduated Dartmouth College. Practiced law in Newport, NH, where he lived until his death. Father of Col. Mason Weare Tappan, who was also a lawyer in Bradford and colonel in 1st NH Regiment during the Civil War.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Viola R. Goodenough
- People:
- Tappan, Weare (1790-1868), Goodenough, Mason Tappan (1910-1992), Goodenough, Viola R. (1912-2001)
- Subjects:
- Eyeglasses, Glasses, Spectacles
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