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Identification and Creation

Object Number
S15
People
Shobal Vail Clevenger, American (Middleton, OH 1812 - 1843 "at sea")
Benjamin Bussey, American (Dedham, MA 1757 - 1842 Dedham, MA)
Title
Benjamin Bussey (1757-1842)
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture, bust
Date
1839
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States, Ohio, Cincinnati
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/305329

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Marble
Technique
Carved
Dimensions
73 x 51 x 33 cm (28 3/4 x 20 1/16 x 13 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: on back: B. BUSSEY/S.V. CLEVENGER/1830.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard University Portrait Collection, Gift of the trustees of the Bussey Estate to Harvard College, 1845
Object Number
S15
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Harvard & The Legacy of Slavery, website, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, April 25, 2022, p. 26, 96

Verification Level

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