Autograph letter signed : Harrisburg, Penna., to William Wetmore Story, 1887 Mar. 11.

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Autograph letter signed : Harrisburg, Penna., to William Wetmore Story, 1887 Mar. 11.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270622359

Concerning Houdon's life mask of Washington, now in the Pierpont Morgan Library, and recalling his studies in Rome with Thomas Crawford.

1 item (4 p.) ; (12mo)

Pierpont Morgan Library.

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7197132

Related Entities

There are 5 Entities related to this resource.

Washington, George, 1732-1799

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6r31qfk (person)

George Washington (b. Feb. 22, 1732, Westmoreland County, Va.-d. Dec. 14, 1799, Mount Vernon, VA) was the first president of the United States, serving from 1789 to 1797. Washington came from a family of farmers and landowners. He had little education but showed an aptitude for mathematics. He used this talent to become a surveyor. At 15, Washington took a job as assistant surveyor on a team sent to map the Shenandoah Valley in western Virginia. In his early 20s, Washington joined the Virgin...

Story, William Wetmore, 1819-1895

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63f4s42 (person)

William Wetmore Story was born in Massachusetts. He graduated from Harvard Law School in 1840, left the United States in 1847 and spent the rest of his life in Rome. There he began his career as a sculptor, working mostly in marble. From the description of Letters sent, 1860, 1875. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 77798425 American expatriate William Wetmore Story had talent and success in diverse pursuits. After graduating from Harvard, he practised law in Bo...

Crawford, Thomas, 1814-1857.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63g24rv (person)

Beck, J. Augustus, 1831-ca. 1918.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69q0fvf (person)

American sculptor and painter. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Harrisburg, Penna., to William Wetmore Story, 1887 Mar. 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270622359 ...

Houdon, Jean-Antoine, 1741-1828

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6tx3thc (person)

French sculptor. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Paris, to "citoyen Bayard", 1795 Apr. 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269532825 From the description of Letter, 1793 Dec. 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83030569 Versailles 1741-1828 Paris. From the description of Bust of Benjamin Franklin [object]. ca. 1779. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270906565 ...