Exhibit Tags: 4 selected - The Magnet and the Iron: John Brown and George L. Stearns

Start Over

You searched for: Exhibit Tags Tufts University Permanent Collection Exhibit Tags Stearns Estate Exhibit Tags Tufts University Exhibit Tags George L. Stearns

1. Bust of George Luther Stearns (Morse), Before Restoration

Exhibit Description:: Marble bust of George L. Stearns by Samuel Morse prior to its restoration in 2016. This bust was commissioned in 1879 by Mary Stearns, George's widow, to place in their home on their estate in Medford, Massachusetts.
Attribution:: Morse, Samuel
Attribution Statement:: Image courtesy of the Tufts University Permanent Collection
Exhibit Tags:: George L. Stearns Tufts University sculptures Stearns Estate Tufts University Permanent Collection

2. The Stearns Estate, 1899

Exhibit Description:: This painting shows the Stearns mansion in the center right and the farmhouse to the far right. In the distance on the hill are the buildings of Tufts College, with the tower of Goddard Chapel, East Hall, and West Hall visible through the trees. The road to the left is College Avenue; at the time it was known as the Willows because of the trees on either side. At the corner of College Avenue and the railroad tracks is College Hill train station. The Boston & Lowell Railroad operated on the tracks that separated Tufts College from the Stearns Estate's orchards.
Attribution:: William Hauk
Attribution Statement:: Image courtesy of the Tufts University Permanent Collection
Exhibit Tags:: paintings Stearns Estate College Avenue Tufts University George L. Stearns Tufts University Permanent Collection Ballou Hall Goddard Chapel East Hall West Hall College Hill Station Curtis Hall Packard Hall Medford Mary E. Stearns Paige Hall Miner Hall

Contact Us

Limit your search

Exhibit Tags

1. Bust of George Luther Stearns (Morse), Before Restoration

2. The Stearns Estate, 1899

Contact Us

Limit your search

Exhibit Tags

Search Constraints

Search Results

1. Bust of George Luther Stearns (Morse), Before Restoration

2. The Stearns Estate, 1899