Rufus Choate (1799-1853), Class of 1819
Thomas Ball, American, 1819 - 1911
1880
White marble
Overall: 23 × 15 in. (58.4 × 38.1 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of the artist, Class of 1864H
S.898.1
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Sculpture
Research Area
Sculpture
Not on view
Inscriptions
Printed into marble, on back: T. Ball 1880
Publication History
Catalogue of Portraits, and other works of Art at Dartmouth College, Hanover: Dartmouth College, 1932, p. 55, no. 238.
George Hill Evans, Catalogue of Portraits and other works of art in the gallery of Dartmouth College, Hanover: Dartmouth College, 1901, p. 21, no. 52c.
Provenance
The artist; given to present collection, 1898.
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