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Portrait of William Abijah White, 1818 – 1856. Graduated from Harvard 1838 and
was an avid temperance worker.
George Richardson and his wife Lucy Dana White( 1814 – 1875).
Drawing of Anne Whitney, 1821 – 1915. Grew up on Galen Street in the John Hunt
house. Celebrated sculptor whose works include Sam Adams in front of Faneuil Hall and
Charles Sumner at the delta in Harvard Square, Cambridge.
Agnes Howard White (Mrs. Arthur Lithgoe Devens), 1839 – 1869
Portrait of Nathaniel Whitney, 1789 – 1876(?). Built a mansion on the corner
of Church and Marshall Streets. He once entertained Charles Dickens here. Cofounded a bank
in the Noyes Block on Main Street.
Statue of Charles Sumner by Anne Whitney. This design was submitted to a Boston
Committee anonymously and was rejected when it was discovered that the sculptor was a
woman. The work was later commissioned by a group of friends and was placed in Harvard
Square.
Solon F. Whitney (1831 – 1917), first librarian, Watertown Free Public
Library (1868 – 1917)
Tom Gavin and Charles Brigham in conversation in front of Mr. Brigham's house on
Garfield St
