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Identification and Creation

Object Number
S6
People
Henry Dexter, American (Nelson, NY 1806 - 1876 Cambridge, MA)
James Walker (Burlington, Massachusetts 1794-1874 Cambridge, Massachusetts)
Title
James Walker (1794-1874)
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
bust, sculpture
Date
c. 1854
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States, Massachusetts, Cambridge
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/305313

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Marble
Technique
Carved
Dimensions
69 x 51 x 32 cm (27 3/16 x 20 1/16 x 12 5/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: back: H. DEXTER. Sc.
  • inscription: on back: H. DEXTER. Sc./J. WALKER/ H.C. 1814

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard University Portrait Collection, Gift by subscription, 1854
Object Number
S6
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • 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), p. 271

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