''John Winthrop'' is a
marble sculpture
Marble has been the preferred material for stone monumental sculpture since ancient times, with several advantages over its more common geological "parent" limestone, in particular the ability to absorb light a small distance into the surface be ...
of
John Winthrop by
Richard Saltonstall Greenough
Richard Saltonstall Greenough (April 19, 1819 – 1904) was an American sculptor and younger brother to Neoclassical sculptor Horatio Greenough.
Greenough was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the youngest child of Elizabeth (Bender) and David Gre ...
, installed in the
United States Capitol, in
Washington D.C., as part of the
National Statuary Hall Collection. It is one of two statues donated by the state of
Massachusetts. The statue was accepted in the collection by
George Frisbie Hoar
George Frisbie Hoar (August 29, 1826 – September 30, 1904) was an American attorney and politician who represented Massachusetts in the United States Senate from 1877 to 1904. He belonged to an extended family that became politically prominen ...
on December 19, 1876.
A
bronze cast of the statue of Winthrop, who served eleven terms as governor of Massachusetts and presided over the witchcraft trial and execution of
Margaret Jones, and the trial that expelled
Anne Hutchinson, was made in 1880 and was first placed in
Scollay Square in Boston. In 1903, it was moved to the
First Church in the Back Bay, as its location in Scollay Square was needed for an exit for the
Court Street subway station. Badly damaged by a fire in 1968, it was eventually restored and remains in front of the church.
[Carlock, Marty, A Guide to Public Art in Greater Boston: From Newburyport to Plymouth, The Harvard Common Press, Boston MA, 1988 p. 40.]
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1876 establishments in Washington, D.C.
1876 sculptures
1880 sculptures
Bronze sculptures in Massachusetts
Marble sculptures in Washington, D.C.
Monuments and memorials in Massachusetts
Monuments and memorials in Washington, D.C.
Winthhrop, John
Outdoor sculptures in Massachusetts
Sculptures of men in Washington, D.C.
Statues in Boston
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