File:Bust of George Washington after Houdon, c. 1844 (6de903cd-7b4a-44d2-9c48-67d355c14a9e).jpg

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Summary

English: Bust of George Washington after Houdon, c. 1844
Photographer
English: Frank Ruggles
Title
English: Bust of George Washington after Houdon, c. 1844
Description
English:

Tan bust of George Washington with classical draping over chest

Painted plaster cast copied after Jean Aintoine Houdon. According to Fanny Longfellow’s journal, this bust arrived at the house from London on 17 April 1844. It sits on two slices of the "Washington Elm," added after the tree came down in 1923.

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Depicted place
English: Longfellow House - Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Date Taken on 5 November 2007
Accession number
Source
English: NPGallery
Permission
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Public domain This image or media file contains material based on a work of a National Park Service employee, created as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, such work is in the public domain in the United States. See the NPS website and NPS copyright policy for more information.
Collector
InfoField
English: Frank Ruggles
Contacts
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English: Organization: Longfellow House - Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site
Address: 105 Brattle Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
NPS Unit Code
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LONG
NPS Museum Catalog Number
InfoField
LONG 4132
Album(s)
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English: Virtual House Tour; Sculpture in the Collection of Longfellow House - Washington's Headquarters NHS

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Plaster bust of George Washington with classical draping, based on Houdon

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