S15: Benjamin Bussey (1757-1842)
Sculpture
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- S15
- People
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Shobal Vail Clevenger, American (Middleton, OH 1812 - 1843 "at sea")
Benjamin Bussey, American (Dedham, MA 1757 - 1842 Dedham, MA)
- Title
- Benjamin Bussey (1757-1842)
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Work Type
- sculpture, bust
- Date
- 1839
- Places
- Creation Place: North America, United States, Ohio, Cincinnati
- Culture
- American
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/305329
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Marble
- Technique
- Carved
- Dimensions
- 73 x 51 x 33 cm (28 3/4 x 20 1/16 x 13 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Signed: on back: B. BUSSEY/S.V. CLEVENGER/1830.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard University Portrait Collection, Gift of the trustees of the Bussey Estate to Harvard College, 1845
- Object Number
- S15
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Publication History
- Harvard & The Legacy of Slavery, website, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, April 25, 2022, p. 26, 96
Verification Level
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