S28: John Farrar (1779-1853)
Sculpture
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- S28
- People
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Hiram Powers, American (Woodstock, NY 1805 - 1873 Florence, Italy)
John Farrar (1779 - 1853)
- Title
- John Farrar (1779-1853)
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Work Type
- sculpture, bust
- Date
- 1837-1838
- Places
- Creation Place: Europe, Italy, Tuscany, Florence
- Culture
- American
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/305337
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Marble
- Technique
- Carved
- Dimensions
- 71.1 x 48 x 22 cm (28 x 18 7/8 x 8 11/16 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
-
- Signed: lower center, rear: PROF. JOHN FARRAR/BY/H. POWERS.
- inscription: on lower center rear: Prof. John Farrar./by/H. Powers. (irregular block capitals and square periods)
- inscription: base: John Farrar/1779-1853/by Hiram Powers
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
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John Farrar (1779-1853), 1837-1838; to Mrs. John (Eliza) Farrar , Cambridge, MA; her bequest to Harvard College, 1870.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard University Portrait Collection, Bequest of Mrs. John Farrar to Harvard College, 1870
- Object Number
- S28
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
-
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Publication History
- Wayne Craven, Sculpture in America, Thomas Y. Crowell Company (New York, NY, 1968), p. 113
- Kenyon Castle Bolton, III, Peter G. Huenink, Earl A. Powell III, Harry Z. Rand, and Nanette C. Sexton, American Art at Harvard, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1972), cat. 56, ill.
Exhibition History
- American Art at Harvard, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/19/1972 - 06/18/1972
Verification Level
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