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Identification and Creation

Object Number
S1
People
William Wetmore Story, American (Salem, MA 1819 - 1895 Valombrosa, Italy)
Joseph Story (1779 - 1845)
Title
Joseph Story (1779-1845)
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
bust, sculpture
Date
1846
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Italy, Lazio, Rome
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/305311

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Marble
Technique
Carved
Dimensions
Overall: 70 x 49 x 33 cm (27 9/16 x 19 5/16 x 13 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: inscr. back: W. W. STORY, SCULPTOR, JAN. 1846 below shoulders: J. S / H. C. 1798
  • inscription: below shoulders, English: J. STORY/H.C. 1798

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard University Portrait Collection, Commissioned by the Corporation of Harvard College, 1846
Object Number
S1
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • William Garrott Brown, A List of Portraits in the Various Buildings of Harvard University, Harvard University Library (Cambridge, MA, 1898), p. 39

Verification Level

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