Richard Saltonstall Greenough

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Richard Saltonstall Greenough
Bronze statue of John Winthrop by Richard Saltonstall Greenough (1873). Marlborough Street, Back Bay, Boston, Massachusetts
Born	4 (1819) Boston,Massachusetts
Died	1904 (1905)
Nationality	American
Field	Sculpture

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Richard Saltonstall Greenough (April 19, 1819^[1] – 1904) was an American sculptor and younger brother to Neoclassical sculptor Horatio Greenough.

Greenough was born in Boston, Massachusetts,^[1] the youngest child of Elizabeth (Bender) and David Greenough (1774–1836). He was educated at the Boston Latin School, entering in 1829. At age 17 he followed his brother in a career in sculpture, and in 1837 left for Italy where he belonged to the second generation of American expatriate artists. Thereafter he divided his time between Europe and America, but spent most of his studio life in Rome. Greenough married Sarah Dana Loring of Boston on September 26, 1846. He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1855.^[2] He is buried in the Protestant Cemetery, Rome.

Today Greenough's best-known work is probably a statue of Benjamin Franklin standing in front of the Old City Hall (Boston).

Selected works

1853 Shepard Boy and Eagle, bronze, Boston Athenaeum
1856 Benjamin Franklin, bronze, Old City Hall (Boston)
1856 John Winthrop (1588–1649), marble, Memorial Hall, Harvard University
1860 Bust of George Hayward (1791–1863), marble, Memorial Hall, Harvard University
1863 Carthaginian Girl, marble, Boston Athenaeum
1860-1880 Mary Magdalene, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York
1873 John Winthrop, bronze, Boston, Massachusetts
1876 John Winthrop, marble, United States Capitol
TBD Alma Mater commemorating Civil War dead, Boston Latin School

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 "Richard Greenough Saltonstall". An Index to Boston Births Registered 1800 - 1849. New England Historic Genealogical Society. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
↑ "Book of Members, 1780-2010: Chapter G". American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 20 April 2011.

External links

bust of Augustus Edward May

Bust of William Whitwell Greenough

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Name	Greenough, Richard Saltonstall
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Short description	American sculptor
Date of birth	April 19, 1819
Place of birth	Boston, Massachusetts
Date of death	1904
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