Rufus Choate (1799-1853), Class of 1819

Thomas Ball, American, 1819 - 1911

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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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