Artist/Maker
Gifford, Robert Swain (1840-1905)*
Dec 24, 1840-Jan 15, 1905
MediumLantern Slide; Negative, Glass, Dry Plate; Positive, Glass
Object number1981.34
Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum
DescriptionGlass negatives of various sizes; principally landscape scences from Cuttyhunk, Naushon Island, South Dartmouth, Padanaram; family farms; and an assortment of watercraft; photographs of Gifford's own paintings and drawings. Included are 2 albums of portrait photographs of members of the Gifford's family.On View
Not on viewNew Bedford Yacht Club
1745-1925
![[Personal correspondence with numerous American writers, artists, and public figures and additional correspondence relating to Gifford's growth as an artist, women artists in New Bedford, acceptance in artistic circles, and travels to Europe and Africa (1870, 1874)] :](/internal/media/dispatcher/88718/thumbnail)
Gifford, Robert Swain (1840-1905)*
1722-1968
1725-1960
Church, Albert Cook *
