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Identification and Creation

Object Number
S14
People
Horatio Greenough, American (Boston, MA 1805 - 1852 Somerville, MA)
Samuel Appleton (1766-1853)
Title
Samuel Appleton (1766-1853)
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture, bust
Date
c. 1836-1838
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Italy, Tuscany, Florence
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/305316

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Marble
Technique
Carved
Dimensions
72 x 54 x 27 cm (28 3/8 x 21 1/4 x 10 5/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: on back: SAMUEL APPLETON/BY/H. GREENOUGH Sc.
  • inscription: back of shoulders: monogram on back of shoulders: HG (see card)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard University Portrait Collection, Gift of Edward Bangs, 1870
Object Number
S14
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Beatrice Gilman Proske, "O Pioneers", National Sculpture Review (New York, NY, Spring 1966), vol. XV, no. 1, p.23-26

Verification Level

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