Robert Ball Hughes (1806–1868)
Date1841
MediumWax
Dimensions2 15/16 x 1 3/4 x 3/8 in. (7.5 x 4.5 x 1 cm)
Descriptionroundel relief; round wooden frame; subject male, shown in profile to viewer’s left; truncated at upper chest; no drapery; sideburns
Inscribed in ink on verso: Medallion of / Hon. Robt C. Wintrhop / in composition / by / Ball Hughes./ 1841.
Credit LineGift of Clara Winthrop, 1924
Object NumberUH93
Robert Ball Hughes (1806–1868)
Dateabout 1839
MediumPlaster
Dimensions64 3/8 x 32 3/16 x 50 1/16 in. (163.5 x 81.8 x 127.2 cm)
DescriptionInscribed on front of base: BOWDITCH. Inscribed on bronze plaque attached to proper right side of base: ORIGINAL MODEL BY / BALL HUGHES / FROM WHICH HE CAST / THE BRONZE STATUE / FOR MOUNT AUBURN / BOSTON 1847
Credit LineDeposited by William Thaddeus Harris, 1851
Object NumberUH4
Robert Ball Hughes (1806–1868)
Date1836
MediumPlaster
Dimensions24 3/16 x 15 x 11 15/16 in. (61.5 x 38.1 x 30.4 cm) (integral base)
DescriptionBust 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
Athenæum purchase, 1836
Object NumberUH160
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