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Description
Daguerreotypists George S. Hough and Charles J. Anthony produced this image of William Willis, a prominent Portland lawyer and historian.
Willis (1794-1870) wrote The History of Portland and was an early president of the Maine Historical Society.
A paper label attached to the daguerreotype reads "Hon William / Willis. / Historian / my great uncle".
Hough and Anthony worked in Portland in 1846 before relocating to Providence and then Pittsburgh.
About This Item
- Title: William Willis, Portland, ca. 1846
- Creator: Hough and Anthony
- Creation Date: circa 1846
- Subject Date: circa 1846
- Location: Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Daguerreotype
- Local Code: 2007.215.017
- Collection: Vickery-Shettleworth collection of early Maine photography
- Object Type: Image
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- Photographic studios--Maine--Portland
- Willis, William, 1794-1870
- Authors, American--Maine
- Portrait photographs
- Photographers--Maine--Portland
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