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William Wetmore Story (1819-1895)

Professions: Sculptor

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    - William Wetmore Story , American 1819-1895 Beethoven bronze, dark brown patina

    - William Wetmore Story , American 1819-1895 Beethoven bronze, dark brown patina

William Wetmore Story Biography

(b Salem, MA, 12 Feb 1819; d Vallombrosa, Italy, 5 Oct 1895). American sculptor and writer. Son of a justice of the US Supreme Court, he was educated at Harvard and practised law in Boston, where he also earned recognition as an art critic, poet and literary editor. He was part of an élite circle that included Ralph Waldo Emerson, Washington Allston and James Russell Lowell.

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