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Bust Carving

Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1820-1830

GUSN

GUSN-2712

Description

Carved head and shoulders of a man with a high, standing collar and brushed back hair (to the center of his forehead). His features are small, the eyes incised, and the mouth wide.

Details

Descriptive Terms

carvings (visual works)
oil paint (paint)
pine (wood)
busts (figures)
figure- and animal-derived motifs
men (male humans)
pine (wood)
Pine
Oil
Bust
Man
CARVING, BUST

Associated Building

Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

12 (H), 17.5 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.937

Places

New York state (United States)

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