Oliver Ellsworth sculpture / (photographer unknown)
Object Details
- Notes
- On photo mount label: H. Augur. Portrait bust of Oliver Ellsworth, chief justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (1745-1807). marble. Washington, D.C., Supreme Court Building. Gift of Charles E. Fairman. Classification Number: 282/A922/690. Accession: 101989. (Lantern slide:) E50742.
- The bust was commissioned by the Joint Committee on the Library, 1834 and accepted in 1837. It is located in room S-141, which served as the Old Supreme Court Chamber from 1809-1860.
- Kloss, William & Diane K. Skvarla, "United States Senate Catalogue of Fine Art," Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office, 2002, pg. 110-111.
- Architect of the Capitol, "Art in the United States Capitol," Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office, 1976, pg. 209.
- 1 photographic print : b&w, 7 3/4 x 5 1/2 in. (trimmed), mounted on 9 3/4 x 13 7/8 in. board.
- Data Source
- Photograph Study Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Date
- Ca. 1837
- Image number
- SSC S0000107
- artist
- Augur, Hezekiah 1791-1858
- Subject
- Ellsworth, Oliver
- Type
- Photograph
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- Photograph Study Collection
- Metropolitan Museum of Art Study Collection of American Sculpture Photographs
- Topic
- Portrait male--Bust
- Occupation--Political
- Occupation--Law--Chief Justice
- Record ID
- siris_jul_126811
