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A Swiss Scene
View through Harvard Museums
Department of American Paintings Sculpture & Decorative Arts
Purchased by Josiah Quincy Cambridge MA 1829; by descent to his great-great granddaughter Mabel (Mrs. Walter) Davis; her bequest to Mr. and Mrs. Mark De Wolfe Howe 1958; Mr. and Mrs. Leeds A. Wheeler; her gift to the Fogg Art Museum 1975.
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum Gift of Mrs. Leeds A. Wheeler in memory of Leeds Armstrong Wheeler Harvard College Class of 1918 Harvard Law School Class of 1923
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