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Robert Charles Winthrop

Artist

Robert Ball Hughes (1806–1868)

Date

1841

Medium

Wax

Dimensions

2 15/16 x 1 3/4 x 3/8 in. (7.5 x 4.5 x 1 cm)

Description

roundel relief; round wooden frame; subject male, shown in profile to viewer’s left; truncated at upper chest; no drapery; sideburns

Inscription

Inscribed in ink on verso: Medallion of / Hon. Robt C. Wintrhop / in composition / by / Ball Hughes./ 1841.

Credit Line

Gift of Clara Winthrop, 1924

Object Number

UH93