Joel T. Hart papers, 1836-1876.

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Joel T. Hart papers, 1836-1876.

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This two item collection consists of a letter written by Kentucky poet/sculptor Joel T. Hart to Sophia Shryock, Sept. 9, 1836, and a poetic prose tribute written May 20, 1876 in Florence, Italy by Joel Hart in honor of his father, Josiah Hart.

2 items (2 leaves).

Kentucky Historical Society, Martin F. Schmidt Research Library

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Kentucky Historical Society, Martin F. Schmidt Research Library

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Shryock, Sophia

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Hart, Josiah.

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Hart, Joel T. (Joel Tanner), 1810-1877

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Joel Tanner Hart was born in Clark County, Kentucky, February 10, 1810 to Josiah and Judith Tanner Hart. As a young man, he built stone walls and chimneys for a living and by the age of twenty-one was working in Pruden's marble yard in Lexington, Kentucky carving headstones and monuments. Hart began his career in sculpture when Shobal Vail Clevenger, a young sculptor from Cincinnati, encouraged him to sculpt a marble bust of Cassius Marcellus Clay. From then on, Hart received commissions to make...