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Edward Augustus Brackett

1843–44; carved 1843–44

Medium

Marble

Tags

MenPortraits

Dimensions

26 3/4 x 14 1/4 x 9 in. (67.9 x 36.2 x 22.9 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift in memory of Jonathan Sturges by his children, 1895

Department

The American Wing

Culture

American

Rights

Public Domain

About Edward Augustus Brackett

1818–1908 • United States

Brackett was born in Cincinnati and had moved to to New York City by 1839. He spent the majority of his career, however, in Boston, Massachusetts, where he worked as a portrait sculptor.

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