Exhibit Tags: 3 selected - The Magnet and the Iron: John Brown and George L. Stearns

Exhibit Description:: The busts of John Brown (by Edward A. Brackett) and George L. Stearns (by Samuel Morse) on display in the Tisch Library at Tufts University in 2017. Photograph taken August 16, 2017.
Attribution:: Long, Jules
Attribution Statement:: Image copyright Tufts University
Exhibit Tags:: John Brown George L. Stearns Tufts University sculptures Edward Augustus Brackett Stearns Estate photographs

Exhibit Description:: A page from the 1937 inventory of artworks at Tufts College, showing that the busts of John Brown and George L. Stearns were on display in the Eaton Library.
Attribution:: Tufts College
Attribution Statement:: Tufts University Permanent Collection
Exhibit Tags:: documents Tufts University Permanent Collection sculptures John Brown George L. Stearns Tufts University

Exhibit Description:: Cabinet card featuring the John Brown bust owned by Mary E. Stearns. This cabinet card was printed by Litchfield Studios in Arlington, MA. A handwritten note on the back of the card reads, "John Brown. From the Bust taken while awaiting Execution in the Virginia Prison, by order of Mrs. George L. Stearns, October 1859. This is the only marble Bust of the Martyr, at present writing - 1919 - in the world. It was only secured by the earnest entreaty of Mrs. Stearns, for whom, and his faithful friend Mr. Stearns, he cherished warm regard. E. A. Brackett, Sculptor."
Attribution:: Litchfield Studios
Attribution Statement:: Courtesy of anonymous. Used by permission.
Exhibit Tags:: John Brown Edward Augustus Brackett George L. Stearns photographs sculptures Mary E. Stearns Arlington

Exhibit Description:: The busts of John Brown (by Edward A. Brackett) and George L. Stearns (by Samuel Morse) on display in the Tisch Library. Photograph taken August 16, 2017.
Attribution:: Long, Jules
Attribution Statement:: Image copyright Tufts University
Exhibit Tags:: John Brown George L. Stearns Tufts University sculptures Edward Augustus Brackett Stearns Estate photographs

Exhibit Description:: A list of objects to be delivered to Fine Arts Express by the Tufts University Gallery in September 1998. The first two in the list are the busts of John Brown and George L. Stearns, at that point identified only as "Bust of a bearded man" and "Bust of a man."
Attribution Statement:: Courtesy of the Tufts University Permanent Art Collection
Exhibit Tags:: Tufts University John Brown George L. Stearns sculptures Tufts University Permanent Collection documents

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