Collection Highlights
Architect's Sign
Date:
ca. 1837
Object Number:
1953.197
Medium:
Wood
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Edward Everett (1794-1865)
Object Number:
1840.2
Date:
1839
Medium:
Painted plaster
Dimensions:
Overall: 30 x 20 1/8 x 12 1/2 in. ( 76.2 x 51.1 x 31.8 cm )
Marks:
inscribed: just above socle on back of piece, under overpaint: "S 18"
inscribed: under PL shoulder in pencil: "18"
inscribed: under base: "18"
Description:
Portrait bust.
Gallery Label:
Edward Everett was a clergyman, educator and statesman who served in the U.S. House of Representatives (1825-35) and as the governor of Massachusetts (1836-39). After serving four years as U.S. minister to Great Britain, he returned to Harvard, his alma mater, as president of the college (1846-49). Everett was a celebrated orator; one of his best-known speeches was delivered just prior to Lincoln's Gettysburg Address.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. George Folsom
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
