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Edward Livingston

Artist

Robert Ball Hughes (1806–1868)

Date

1836

Medium

Plaster

Dimensions

24 3/16 x 15 x 11 15/16 in. (61.5 x 38.1 x 30.4 cm) (integral base)

Description

Bust of elderly man (Livingston would have been 72 in 1836); man looks to his left; hair swept back; jacket or robe over chemise; terminated at chest; shoulders only partially shown; integrated sockle

Credit Line

Athenæum purchase, 1836

Object Number

UH160

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