Collection Highlights
Broadway, A.T. Stewart Dry Goods Store
Date:
1851
Object Number:
PR.020.FF.28
Medium:
1896 photo-mechanical color reproduction of an engraving
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Luce Center
John Marshall (1755-1835)
Object Number:
X.53
Date:
1835
Medium:
Off-white painted and overpainted plaster
Dimensions:
Overall: 33 3/4 x 23 1/2 x 12 1/2 in. ( 85.7 x 59.7 x 31.8 cm )
Marks:
inscribed: under bust and under base in pencil: "12"
inscribed: back of base: "JOHN MARSHALL"
Description:
Portrait bust
Gallery Label:
John Marshall was appointed chief justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1801, and he served in that office with great distinction until his death thirty-four years later. In 1834 Frazee was commissioned by the wealthy Boston merchant Thomas H. Perkins to go to Richmond, Virginia, for the purpose of making a portrait bust of Chief Justice Marshall, then approaching his eightieth year. The marble original, now in the Boston Atheneum, was finished in 1835. Frazee made numerous replicas.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
