Benjamin Silliman, Sr. (1779–1864) Yale University Art Gallery

1860

Medium: Marble
Dimensions: 27 1/2 × 19 1/2 × 11 3/4 in., 50 lb. (69.9 × 49.5 × 29.8 cm, 22.7 kg)
Credit Line: Transfer from Yale University, New Haven, Conn., gift of Friends and Pupils of the sitter to the Yale University Library
Accession Number: 1862.1
Geography: Made in Rome, Italy
Culture: American
Period: 19th century
Classification: Sculpture
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Provenance

Commissioned by friends, colleagues, and former students of Benjamin Silliman Sr. (1779–1864), 1860; given to the Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., 1862; transferred to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2025

Object copyright

No Copyright - United States

Additional information

Object/Work type

busts (sculpture), human figures (visual works), marble, portraits

Signed

Signed, dated, and inscribed lower rear center: C.B. IVES / FECIT. / ROMA. / 1860

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