Charles Sumner
Thomas Crawford
(American, about 1813–1857)
1842
Object PlaceRome, Italy
Medium/TechniqueMarble
DimensionsOverall: 68.6 x 35.6 x 26.5cm (27 x 14 x 10 7/16in.)
Base (marble socle): 17.78 x 27.31 cm (7 x 10 3/4 in.)
Base (marble socle): 17.78 x 27.31 cm (7 x 10 3/4 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Charles Sumner
Accession number74.30.1
On View
On viewClassificationsSculpture
Collections
This portrait, the first American sculpture to enter the Museum's collection, conveys the resolve and uncompromising idealism of celebrated Massachusetts senator Charles Sumner. Sumner met Crawford while traveling in Europe in 1839 and found support and patronage for the sculptor.
ProvenanceCharles Sumner (1811-1874), Boston; by bequest to the Museum.
Thomas Crawford
