H95: Edward Everett (1794-1865)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

H95

People

Bass Otis, American (Bridgewater, MA 1784 - 1861 Philadelphia, PA)
Edward Everett (1794 - 1865)

Title

Edward Everett (1794-1865)

Classification

Paintings

Work Type

painting

Date

c. 1847

Places

Creation Place: North America, United States

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/304643

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

91.4 x 70.5 cm (36 x 27 3/4 in.)
framed: 110.5 x 89.5 x 9.5 cm (43 1/2 x 35 1/4 x 3 3/4 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

William G. Brooks, Boston, MA; gift to Harvard College, 1865.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard University Portrait Collection, Gift of William G. Brooks to Harvard College, 1865

Object Number

H95

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Edward Everett was a Unitarian clergyman, statesman, and a famous American orator. He was not only a graduate of Harvard, but also served as president of the University from 1846 to 1849.

Publication History

• The Fifth Exhibition of the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association at Fanueil and Quincy Halls, in the City of Boston, September 1847, exh. cat., Dutton and Wentworth (Boston, MA, 1848), p. 80, no. 1388
• William Garrott Brown, A List of Portraits in the Various Buildings of Harvard University, Harvard University Library (Cambridge, MA, 1898), p. 17
• "The Faculty Room in University Hall", Harvard Alumni Bulletin (February 12, 1913), vol. xv, no. 20, pp. 323-328, p. 328
• Laura M. Huntsinger, Harvard Portraits: A Catalogue of Portrait Paintings at Harvard University, ed. Alan Burroughs, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, MA, 1936), p. 54, ill. p. 54
• Historical Records Survey, Division of Professional and Service Projects, Works Progress Administration, American Portraits, 1620-1825, found in Massachusetts, Volumes 1 and 2, Historical Records Survey (Boston, MA, 1939), p. 140, no. 730
• Roland H. Woodward, Gainor B. Davis, and Wayne Craven, Bass Otis: Painter, Portraitist and Engraver, exh. cat., Historical Society of Delaware (Wilmington, DE, 1976), p. 30, no. 49, p. 80, ill. opp. p. 80
• James L. Yarnall and William H. Gerdts, National Museum of American Art's Index to American Art Exhibition Catalogues: From the Beginning through the 1876 Centennial Year, vol. 4, G. K. Hall (Boston, MA, 1986), p. 2646
• Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr. and Melissa Renn, American Paintings at Harvard, Volume One: Paintings, Watercolors, and Pastels by Artists Born before 1826, Yale University Press (U.S.) and Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge and New Haven, 2014), pp. 374-75, cat. 339, ill.

Exhibition History

• Fifth Exhibition of the Massachusetts Mechanic Association, Faneuil and Quincy Halls, 09/01/1847 - 09/30/1847
• Bass Otis: Painter, Portraitist, and Engraver, Historical Society of Delaware, Wilmington, 10/15/1976 - 12/31/1976

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