Joseph Carew

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This article is about sculptor Joseph Carew. For department store magnate, Joseph T. Carew , see Joseph T. Carew.

Joseph Carew (c1820-1870) was a sculptor in Boston, Massachusetts, active between 1840–1870, and collaborated with Thomas A. Carew as the firm Carew & Brother. He exhibited his works frequently at the Boston Athenæum, with major exhibitions in 1853, 1859 and 1860. He also carved monuments for Mt. Auburn Cemetery.

1848 ad for Carew Bros., Boston

Selected works

Charles T. Torrey, "Slave Monument" (late 1840s), Mount Auburn Cemetery
Ralph Waldo Emerson, marble bas-relief, 1857

References

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Glenn B. Opitz, Dictionary of American Sculptors, Apollo, 1984. ISBN 978-0-938290-03-2.
George Cuthbert Groce, David H. Wallace, Dictionary of Artists in America, 1564-1860, New York Historical Society, 1957.

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