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Statue of Charles Sumner. A bronze statue of Charles Sumner, by sculptor Anne Whitney, is installed in General MacArthur Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [1] The plaster model for the statue is on display indoors at the Watertown public library. [2]
Feb 8, 2018 · The Ball statue and its upright, imposing portrait of Sumner—a far different depiction than the one first selected—has now stood in the Public Garden for over a century.
The statue of Charles Sumner in Boston's Public Garden is a bronze statue by Thomas Ball, commissioned by the Boston Art Committee to honor Sumner after his death in 1874. The statue was dedicated in 1878.
May 6, 2007 · Statue of Charles Sumner in Harvard Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. This statue was sculpted by Anne Whitney in 1900.
Anne Whitney's sculpture of Charles Sumner Whitney used art to advance the causes of women's rights and abolition. Her statue of Massachusetts senator and abolitionist Charles Sumner was place in Harvard Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1902.
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Designed by sculptor Thomas Ball, this statue commemorates longtime U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, Charles Sumner (1811-1874). A native of Boston and graduate of Harvard Law School, he represented Massachusetts in the U.S. Senate from 1851 until his death in 1874.
Charles Sumner was an academic lawyer, senator, politician and the head of the anti-slavery forces in Massachusetts. He was also the Radical Republicans leader during the Civil War and Reconstruction. The Charles Sumner statue in Harvard Yard was constructed for the 200th anniversary of his birth on January 6th, 1811.
