Woodward, Blanche Wendell (d. 1895)

Woodward, Blanche Wendell (d. 1895)

Blanche Wendell Woodward (d. 1895) was married to Dr. Joseph Janvier Woodward (1833-1884), the Civil War surgeon who participated in the autopsies of Abraham Lincoln and John Wilkes Booth and attended President Garfield. Woodward was a shareholder in the Athenaeum from 1839-1879.

27" x 29"

Tinted photograph with oval gilded frame

Gift of Jane Woodward Sherwin.

General Collection, Museum Collection, The Athenaeum of Philadelphia

2011.32.01

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