Samuel May

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Artist

Richard Saltonstall Greenough (American, 1819–1904)

Date

about 1846

Medium

Plaster

Dimensions

29 1/16 x 19 1/2 x 11 3/4 in. (73.8 x 49.5 x 29.8 cm)

Description

Photograph by Jerry L. Thompson for the Boston Athenæum.

Inscription

Inscribed on reverse: RICHARD S. GREENOUGH/FECIT.

Credit Line

Gift of the heirs of Samuel May, 1894

Object Number

UH109