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Artist

Thomas Ball (American 1819–1911)

Date

1858

Medium

Plaster

Dimensions

45 7/8 x 18 x 42 7/16 in. (116.5 x 45.7 x 107.8 cm)

Description

Photograph by Jerry L. Thompson for the Boston Athenæum.

Credit Line

Gift of Margaret H. Jewell and Susan Jewell (Mrs. George P.) Sanger, 1932

Object Number

UH113