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Identification and Creation

Object Number
S99
People
Thomas A. Carew, American (c. 1819 - 1894)
John Thornton Kirkland (1770 - 1840)
Title
John Thornton Kirkland (1770-1840)
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
bust, sculpture
Date
1853
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States, Massachusetts, Boston
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/305319

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Marble
Technique
Carved
Dimensions
67 x 49 x 27 cm (26 3/8 x 19 5/16 x 10 5/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: back of shoulders: THO's A. CAREW. Sculptor. 1853.
  • inscription: base: John Thornton Kirkland/1770-1840/A.B. 1789, A.M., S.T.D., L.L.D./President of Harvard/1810-1828/by Thomas A. Carew, 1853/presented in 1947 by/Francis B. Lothrop, A.B. 1921

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard University Portrait Collection, Gift of F. D. Lothrop to Kirkland House, 1947
Object Number
S99
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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