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Samuel Appleton

Artist

Benjamin Paul Akers (American, 1825–1861)

Date

1851

Medium

Plaster

Dimensions

16 x 22 9/16 x 13 9/16 in. (40.7 x 57.3 x 34.5 cm)

Description

bust of elderly man, bald, mutton-chop beard, herme type

Inscription

Inscribed on back: JULY 1851 / S. APPLETON / EXECUTED BY PAUL AKERS / X

Credit Line

Gift of Dora May Spaulding, 1915

Object Number

UH110

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Artist

Benjamin Paul Akers (American, 1825–1861)

Date

19th century

Medium

Plaster

Dimensions

22 9/16 x 16 x 13 9/16 in. (57.3 x 40.7 x 34.5 cm)

Description

bust of young male subject; herm type; head turned slightly to proper right; clean shaven; longish hair & sideburns

Credit Line

Gift of Dora May Spaulding, 1915

Object Number

UH106

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