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Randall, John Witt, 1813-1892 print view role Collector dates 1813-1892 city Roxbury state MA other cities Boston, MA; Cambridge, MA; Stow, MA; sex M historical notes John Witt Randall was a print and drawings collector whose collection included work by, among others, Albrecht Dürer, Rembrandt, Adrian Ludwig Richter, Canaletto, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Franz Kobell, Adrian Zingg and Henry Hitchings. His collection was left to Harvard after his death via his sister Belinda Lull Randall (1816–1897) he was in the Harvard’s 1834 graduating class. Randall was a great-grandson of Samuel Adams, the American Revolutionary patriot. decades of activity 1840-1850 1850-1860 1860-1870 1870-1880 1880-1890 updated 10/31/2024 13:33:22 bibliographic search Search Frick Art Reference Library Catalog Search Photoarchive Search Worldcat Search Library of Congress Name Authority File (LCNAF) Search Virtual International Authority File (VIAF) Search Wikidata Entry Archives/Repository Collection Title Collection Details Houghton Library Harvard Yard, Harvard University On the treatment of the insane : manuscript, [18--] see details... Duke University Library Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library Usher Parsons Papers, 1819-1840. see details... «  back