Nathaniel Bowditch

Artist
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)
Description Photograph by Jerry L. Thompson for the Boston Athenæum.
InscriptionInscribed 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