Randall, John Witt, 1813-1892
type Collector
dates 1813-1892
city Roxbury
stateMA
other citiesBoston, MA; Cambridge, MA; Stow, MA;
sex M
history 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.
decades1840-1850
1850-1860
1860-1870
1870-1880
1880-1890
updated 03/22/2024 12:09:32
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Houghton Library
Harvard Yard, Harvard University
On the treatment of the insane : manuscript, [18--] see details...
Duke University Library
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