A silver etching of a portrait of Sir George Williams in 1844, the year he founded the YMCA. The artist of the etching is unknown. The etching is attached to a wood backing. Written on back, “George Williams as a young man” “This is etched in silver by a well-known Dutch artist”. Also written on the back is a short obituary of Mrs. Elizabeth Harris Manley, the wife of John E. Manley. According to the tag on the back, the etching was given to Leslie J. Tompkins in 1961. To learn more about Sir George Williams, see: https://springfield.as.atlas-sys.com/agents/people/713. Wooden backing was removed to see if artist name was etched on back. There was nothing written or etched there.;
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