Harvard Art Museums > H95: Edward Everett (1794-1865) Paintings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Edward Everett (1794-1865) (Bass Otis)(Edward Everett) , H95,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 22, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/304643. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. 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 The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. 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 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu