Stebbins as Cushman's Protege, <em>Liberator</em>, April 1, 1864
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Title
Stebbins as Cushman's Protege, <em>Liberator</em>, April 1, 1864
Subject
Stebbins, Emma, 1815-1882
Artists--Sculptors--US American
Cushman, Charlotte Saunders, 1816-1876
Relationships--Patrons and Protégés
Hays, Matilda Mary, 1820-1897
Description
The article praises Stebbins's statue of Horace Mann for the State House in Boston. It calls Stebbins a "protege" of Cushman. Earlier, Matilda Hays was also described as such in 1848.
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Publisher
William Lloyd Garrison and Isaac Knapp
Date
1864-04-01
Type
Reference
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Text
STATUE TO HORACE MANN. The statue ordered for the front of the State House in Boston, by the friends of the late Horace Mann, has been executed at Rome, by Miss Stebbins, a young American artist, and a protege of Charlotte Cushman. It has received ery high commendation from competent critics who have seen it.
Location
Boston, MA, US
Geocode (Latitude)
42.3602534
Geocode (Longitude)
-71.0582912
Secondary Texts: Comments
"Through Cushman's intercession Stebbins was granted the impressive commission for a commemorative statue of educator Horace Mann, whse sister-in-law, Elizabeth Peabody, was Cushman's close friend" (Merrill, “Old Maids, Sister-Artists, and Aesthetes: Charlotte Cushman and Her Circle of 'Jolly Bachelors' Construct an Expatriate Women's Community in Rome" 378).
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“Stebbins as Cushman's Protege, <em>Liberator</em>, April 1, 1864,” Archival Gossip Collection, accessed July 3, 2024, https://archivalgossip.com/collection/items/show/628.