William Hickling Prescott

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Artist

Richard Saltonstall Greenough (American, 1819–1904)

Date

1844

Medium

Plaster

Dimensions

29 5/16 x 17 15/16 x 15 3/8 in. (74.4 x 45.5 x 39 cm) (integral base)

Inscription

Inscribed on reverse: R. S. GREENOUGH. FT 1844.

Credit Line

Gift of the estate of Samuel Eliot Morison, 1977

Object Number

UH145