Letter from Oliver Wendell Holmes to Harold C. Ernst

Letter from Oliver Wendell Holmes to Harold C. Ernst

Correspondence

Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894 (author)

Ernst, Harold C. (Harold Clarence), 1856-1922

Composite photographs

As this letter attests, Holmes was less than enchanted with his composite photograph: “I thank you for them. They are curious, interesting—and fearfully truthful. I do not think much is gained in this instance by the multiple process. I like best the single photograph. That certainly looks like me, and is not to blame for not being more attractive…. but if [Henry Pickering] Bowditch has any curiosity for one of the compound ones, you can let him have it, and welcome.”

Letter from Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894) at Beverly Farms to Harold C. Ernst regarding Ernst's composite photograph of Holmes

Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894

1888 September 08

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Papers of Oliver Wendell Holmes, 1843-1888 (inclusive). H MS c9.1

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