William Rush
Bust of Benjamin Rush

ArtistAmerican, 1756–1833
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Bust of Benjamin Rush
Datec. 1813
PlaceUnited States
MediumPlaster
Dimensions24 × 15 1/4 × 11 3/4 in. (61 × 38.7 × 29.8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Long Endowment for American Art; Ann H. Bookout; the Robert and Janice McNair Foundation; Lenoir Josey and various others in honor of the 10th anniversary of the American Painting and Sculpture Department, and in memory of Bernice Hevrdejs; Bettie Cartwright and Colin Kennedy; Frank J. Hevrdejs; Flo and Bill McGee; Mr. and Mrs. Richard P. Schissler; the Ann G. Trammell Fund; Kelley Trammell; bequest of Edward B. Mayo; various donors in memory of Edward B. Mayo and in honor of Emily Ballew Neff; and the Director's Accessions Endowment
Object number2006.272
Non exposé

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Department
American Art
Object Type
ProvenanceAndrew Oliver, Boston>>private collection
Exhibition History"American Made: 250 Years of American Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 7 July 2012 - 2 January 2013.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Unmarked - a hand-painted inscription on the socle that read "BENJ RUSH" which was applied some time after the work's completion, was removed along with several layers of paint during the recent restoration. The inscription is documened in a photograph in the Hirschl & Adler archives.

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