MUSEUM OBJECT
Alt. Title:
Miniature Bust of Benjamin Franklin
Description:
Dimension:H:7.500in
Creator:
Burger, Warren Earl
Contributor:
Franklin Mint
MUSEUM OBJECT
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Bust of Duke of Wellington
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Missing as of 1996. A.k.a. Arthur Wellesley. After sculpture by Sebastian Gahagan.
MUSEUM OBJECT
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Bust of Dante
Description:
Dimension:H:5.750in W:6.750in D:3.500in
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Cast bronze bust of Dante. Inscription "Dantes" on front along shoulders. Red marble base.
MUSEUM OBJECT
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Bust of Henry Charles Lea
Description:
Dimension:H:29.500in W:21.000in D:14.000in
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Nearly waist-length portrait bust of a man with beard and moustache, in academic robes, without arms. Inscribed "1825 Henry Charles Lea 1909" on front, and "1910 May" and "Roman Bronze Works, N.Y." on back, lower right.
MUSEUM OBJECT
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Bust of Franz Boas
Description:
Dimension:H:27.000in W:28.000in D:23.000in Without base: 24.5 x 21 x 15
Base: 2.5 x 28 x 23
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Life-size bust of head, shoulders, chest, and right hand of Franz Boas. Sitter wears tie, vest and jacket; facing forward with gaze upward. Full hair and moustache.
MUSEUM OBJECT
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Bust of William White
Description:
Dimension:H:25.750in W:21.500in D:11.500in
Creator:
Miller, George M.
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Life-sized painted plaster bust of William White; hollow cast with low square columnar base incorporated. Piece of twine is wrapped around base; purpose is unknown. Inscribed in back above base: "Made by/ G M Miller."
MUSEUM OBJECT
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Bust of John Bannister Gibson
Description:
Dimension:H:23.500in W:14.500in D:10.250in
Creator:
Persico, E. Luigi, attributed
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Life-sized plaster bust of John Bannister Gibson. Hollow cast with no base. On brass plate at bottom: "JOHN BANNISTER GIBSTON/ 1780-1853." Attributed to E. Luigi Persico.
MUSEUM OBJECT
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Bust of John Vaughan
Description:
Dimension:H:26.500in W:15.000in D:9.500in
Creator:
Pettrich, Ferdinand
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Life-sized, painted plaster bust of elderly, balding, thin man; figure is not draped. Bust is adhered to a plaster, cylindrical, columnar base. Plate on base: "John Vaughan/ 1755-1841." Cut in back: "John Vaughan/ original bust/ F Pettrick Aug. 1842."
MUSEUM OBJECT
Alt. Title:
Bust of Unknown Man
Description:
Dimension:H:20.000in W:16.000in D:10.500in
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Smaller than life-sized terra cotta bust of a man wearing a wig and a jacket and ruffled-front shirt. Bust is painted black and mounted on a short wooden base. Tentatively identified as James Madison, serving as Giuseppe Franzoni's model for the Madison Indian peace medals. Previously identified as Benjamin Rush (1896), and Charles Thomas by William Rush (1961).
MUSEUM OBJECT
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Bust of Franklin Peale
Description:
Dimension:H:23.500in W:22.000in D:16.000in
Creator:
Starkey, George, attributed
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Life-sized portrait bust of (Benjamin) Franklin Peale, with full curly beard, no moustache, and classical drapery around the shoulders. No base. Formerly attributed to Robert Wylie, now attributed to George Starkey.
MUSEUM OBJECT
Alt. Title:
Bust of Unknown Man
Description:
Dimension:H:26.500in W:15.000in D:10.750in
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Life-sized plaster bust, with cast-in cylindrical, columnar pedestal base. No clothing or drapery. Formerly identified as Simeon De Witt.
MUSEUM OBJECT
Alt. Title:
Bust of Count Nikolay Petrovich Rumiantzev
Description:
Dimension:H:19.500in W:11.000in D:10.250in
Creator:
Choubine, Fedot Ivanovich
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Life-sized bronze portrait bust of Count Rumiantzev; hollow cast with dark green/brown patina. Inscribed "COUNT NICHOLAS DE ROMANOFF/1754-1803" on recto in gold paint. Subject also known as Count Nicholas de Romanzoff. The date "1803" is incorrect on the bust; Ruminatzev died in 1826.
MUSEUM OBJECT
Alt. Title:
Bust of Peter Stephen DuPonceau
Description:
Dimension:H:19.000in W:11.500in D:10.500in
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Life-sized portrait bust of Peter S. DuPonceau. Unclothed/undraped, with squared-off shoulders. Painted on front bottom: "Peter, S, Du, Ponceau."
MUSEUM OBJECT
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Bust of Francis Xavier Dercum
Description:
Dimension:H:24.000in W:18.000in D:12.500in
Creator:
Heber, Carl Augustus
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Head and shoulders of figure facing forward, wearing jacket, vest, and tie. The base of the truncated torso is supported by a low, flat scroll with a lengthy inscription at the verso. Inscribed "C A Heber 19(27)" and "Francis X. Dercum M. D." Additional inscription at rear bottom: "one of the generalizations held out to us by the conception of the universe here outlined is that of a whole, all parts of which are expressive of manifestations of energy, manifestations cognate in correlative and intrinsically identical of necessity [.] such a conception must include living matter. Francis X. Dercum"
MUSEUM OBJECT
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Bust of Thomas Jefferson
Description:
Dimension:H:29.250in W:22.000in D:14.000in
Creator:
Houdon, Jean-Antoine
Abstract:
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Plaster portrait bust on low, circular, columnar base. The subject has long hair, slightly curled over his ears, and tied in the back with a ribbon at the nape of his neck. He wears a vest, coat, and a pleated cravat with a ruffled jabot. Unsigned and undated. Inscribed, "T.J." on verso under shoulder.
MUSEUM OBJECT
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Bust of Nathaniel Bowditch
Description:
Dimension:H:26.000in W:14.750in D:12.000in
Creator:
Hughes, Robert Ball
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Life-sized bust of balding man with classical drapery over shoulders. Cast in shoulder: "DOCTOR BOWDITCH/ EXECUTED IN MARBLE/ BY BALL HUGHES/ FOR THE/ SOCIETY OF ARTS/ AND SCIENCES/ BOSTON." Base is a cast-on replica of a book. On sculptured book forming base: "TRAITE DE MECANIQUE CELESTE/ of La Place." Brass tag on left front of book spine: "Nathaniel Bowditch 1773-1838." After c. 1837 bust by artist.
MUSEUM OBJECT
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Bust of Nicholas Biddle
Description:
Dimension:H:21.750in W:16.250in D:9.000in
Creator:
Persico, E. Luigi, attributed
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Life-sized, undraped bust of a male with no base. The head is turned slightly to the left. The hair is curled, ending just below the ears. Cast in back of shoulders: "Biddle." Brass tag on front: "NICHOLAS BIDDLE/ 1786-1844." Attributed to E. Luigi Persico.
MUSEUM OBJECT
Alt. Title:
Bust of Nathaniel Chapman
Description:
Dimension:H:23.250in
Creator:
Persico, E. Luigi, attributed
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Life-sized bust of a male with cast-in, circular, columnar base. Attributed to E. Luigi Persico.
MUSEUM OBJECT
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Bust of Elisha Kent Kane
Description:
Dimension:H:27.000in W:20.000in D:12.000in
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Life-sized cast plaster bust of man with moustache, small beard and military uniform. Bust is on top of a short, round, columnar base cast as part of the bust. Inscribed "Peter Reniers. sculptor Philada 1857" on back along shoulders; "September 1857 P. reniers/sculptor Philada" on center of base.