Memorial Hall Paintings and Sculptures
Sculptures
There are twenty marble busts, three relief carvings and two full length statues in Annenberg Hall. Thirteen of the current busts were among eighteen busts that were transferred from Gore Hall Library to Memorial Hall in 1874. The works include two busts by Daniel Chester French (who sculpted the John Harvard statue now in Harvard Yard as well as the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C.), five sculptures by William Wetmore Story (including a portrait of his father and a self portrait), and busts of six consecutive Harvard Presidents.
The most recent addition is a bust of W.E.B. DuBois, co-founder of the NAACP and the first African-American student to receive a Ph.D. from Harvard. The bust was commissioned by The President and Fellows and the Department of Afro-American studies in 1993.
The two large sculptures depicting John Adams and John Winthrop as well as the statue of James Otis in Sanders Theatre were all brought from pastoral Mt. Auburn Cemetery in 1935 as a gift from the Friends of Mount Auburn Cemetery.
The current arrangement of sculptures reflects the original arrangement as closely as possible.
ANNENBERG HALL
(circular order beginning from Southeast corner of the room)South Wall
- William Wetmore Story
- American, 1819-1895
- William Wetmore Story, Self-Portrait, 1887
- Marble
- A.B. 1838; LL.B. 1840; sculptor
- Harvard University Portrait Collection
- Gift of Mr. Waldo Story, 1901
- William Wetmore Story, attributed to
- American, 1819-1895
- James Russell Lowell (1819-1891)
- Marble
- A.B. 1838; A.M.; LL.B. 1840; LL.D. 1884; Professor 1855-1891; Overseer 1887-1891
- Harvard University Portrait Collection
- Gift of Mrs. Edward Burnett, daughter of James Russell Lowell, 1892
- Louisa Lander
- American, 1826-1923
- Christopher Gore (1758-1827) , 1859
- Marble
- A.B. 1776; LL.D.1809; benefactor of the University; Overseer,1810-1815
- Harvard University Portrait Collection
- Gift by subscription, 1859
- Hiram Powers
- American, 1805-1873
- John Parker, Jr. (1783-1844)
- Marble
- Benefactor of the College; founder of the Parker fellowships
- Harvard University Portrait Collection
- Bequest of Mrs. Anna Parker, 1873
- Richard Saltonstall Greenough
- American, 1819-1904
- George Hayward (1791-1863), 1860
- Marble
- A.B. 1809; A.M.; Professor of Surgery, 1835-1849
- Harvard University Portrait Collection
- Gift of Mrs. Hayward, 1865
- Walker Hancock
- American, born 1901
- W.E.B. DuBois (1868-1963), 1993
- Marble
- A.B. 1890; A.M. 1891; Ph.D. 1895; first African-American student to receive a Ph.D.
- at Harvard; historian and sociologist; co-founder of the NAACP
- Harvard University Portrait Collection
- Gift of the President and Fellows of Harvard College and the Department of
- Afro-American Studies, 1993
- Edward Augustus Brackett
- American, 1818-1908
- Charles Sumner (1811-1874)
- Marble
- A.B. 1830; LL.B. 1834; LL.D. 1859; statesman; U.S. Senator, 1851-1874
- Harvard University Portrait Collection
- Gift by subscription, 1858
- Horatio Greenough
- American, 1805-1852
- Samuel Appleton (1766-1853)
- Marble
- A.M. (Hon.)1849 Dartmouth ; merchant, philanthropist, and benefactor of Harvard;
- gave funds for Appleton Chapel
- Harvard University Portrait Collection
- Gift of Edward Bangs, 1870
- Shobal Vail Clevenger
- American, 1812-1843
- Benjamin Bussey (1757-1842), 1830
- Marble
- Founder of the Bussey Institution; benefactor of the Law and Divinity Schools
- Harvard University Portrait Collection
- Gift of the Trustees of the Bussey Estate, 1845
West wall
- Daniel Chester French
- American, 1850-1931
- Charles Russell Lowell, Jr. (1835-1864), 1885
- Marble
- A.B. 1854; Colonel, 2nd Massachusetts Cavalry; Brigadier General, U.S. Volunteers;
- died at Cedar Creek, 1864
- Harvard University Portrait Collection
- Gift of "his fellow officers of the 2nd Massachusetts Cavalry and other admirers of his brilliant leadership, his heroic gallantry, and his
- self-sacrificing patriotism."
- Horatio Stone
- American, 1808-1875
- Francis Washburn (d. 1865), 1869
- Marble oval medallion
- Lawrence Scientific School, 1857-1859; Colonel, 4th Massachusetts Cavalry; Brigadier General, U.S. Volunteers;
- died from wounds received at High Bridge, Va., 1865
- Harvard University Portrait Collection
- Purchased by the Corporation, 1916
- William Wetmore Story
- American, 1819-1895
- John Gorham Palfrey (1796-1881), 1892
- Marble bas-relief
- A.B. 1815; Div. S. 1818; S.T.D. 1834; LL.D. 1869; Dean of the Divinity School;
- Overseer 1828-1831, 1852-1855; Second Chairman of the Memorial Hall Committee
- of Fifty; historian and statesman
- Harvard University Portrait Collection
- Gift of the family of John G. Palfrey, 1891
- Bela L. Pratt
- American, 1867-1917
- John Codman Ropes (1836-1899), 1902
- Marble bas relief
- A.B. 1857; LL.B. 1861; LL.D. 1897; Overseer 1868-1876; military historian
- Harvard University Portrait Collection
- Gift of his classmates, Class of 1857, 1902
- Daniel Chester French
- American, 1850-1931
- William Francis Bartlett (1840-1876)
- Marble
- A.B. 1862; A.M. 1872; Captain, 20th Massachusetts Infantry; Major General, U.S.
- Volunteers; wounded at Yorktown and Port Hudson; captured before Petersburg
- Harvard University Portrait Collection
North Wall
- Thomas A. Carew
- American, active c.1843- c.1870
- John Pierce (1773-1849), 1850
- Marble
- A.B. 1793; A.M.; S.T.D. 1822; Overseer and Secretary 1816-1849
- Harvard University Portrait Collection
- Gift by subscription, 1850
- William Wetmore Story
- American, 1819-1895
- Marble
- Joseph Story (1779-1845), 1846
- A.B. 1798; A.M.; LL.D. 1821; Overseer 1818-1825; Fellow 1825-1845;
- Dane Professor of Law 1829-1845
- Harvard University Portrait Collection
- Ordered by the Corporation, 1848
- Thomas A. Carew
- American, active c. 1843- c. 1870
- John Thornton Kirkland (1770-1840)
- Marble
- A.B. 1789; President of Harvard,1810-1828
- Harvard University Portrait Collection
- Gift by subscription, 1853
- Thomas Crawford
- American, c.1813 -1857
- Josiah Quincy (1772-1864), 1844
- Marble
- A.B. 1790; A.M.; LL.D. 1824; President of Harvard 1829-1845;
- author of The History of Harvard University
- Harvard University Portrait Collection
- Gift of students, 1845
- Shobal Vail Clevenger
- American, 1812-1843
- Hiram Powers
- American, 1805-1873
- Edward Everett (1794-1865), 1844
- Marble
- A.B. 1811; A.M.; LL.D. 1835; President of Harvard, 1846-1849;
- Governor of Massachusetts; U.S. Senator; Secretary of State
- Harvard University Portrait Collection
- Bequest of Thomas Handasyd Perkins
- Hiram Powers
- American, 1805-1873
- Jared Sparks (1789-1866), 1857
- Marble
- A.B. 1815; Div. S. 1818; LL.D. 1843; President of Harvard 1849-1853
- Harvard University Portrait Collection
- Gift of students under the Presidency of Jared Sparks, 1857
- Henry Dexter
- American, 1806-1876
- James Walker (1794-1874)
- Marble
- A.B. 1814; A.M.; Div. S. 1817; S.T.D. 1835; LL.D. 1860;
- President of Harvard 1853-1860
- Harvard University Portrait Collection
- Gift by subscription, 1854
- Henry Dexter
- American, 1806-1876
- Cornelius Conway Felton (1807-1862)
- Marble
- A.B. 1827; A.M.; President of Harvard, 1860-1862
- Harvard University Portrait Collection
- Gift by subscription, 1853
- Bela Pratt
- American, 1867-1917
- Henry Lee (1817-1898), 1902
- Marble
- A.B. 1836; Overseer 1867-1879; Chairman of the Memorial Hall Finance Committee
- Harvard University Portrait Collection
- Gift of Mrs. Frederick C. Shattuck
East End
- Randolph Rogers
- American, 1825-1892
- John Adams (1735-1826), 1859
- Marble
- A.B. 1755; A.M.; LL.D. 1781; President of the United States, 1796-1800
- Harvard University Portrait Collection
- Presented to Harvard University by the Corporation of Mt. Auburn Cemetery, 1935
- Richard Saltonstall Greenough
- American, 1819-1904
- John Winthrop (1588-1649), 1856
- Marble
- First Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony; benefactor of the College
- Harvard University Portrait Collection
- Presented to Harvard University by the Corporation of Mt. Auburn Cemetery, 1935
SANDERS THEATRE
(left
facing stage)- Thomas Crawford
- American, c. 1813-1857
- James Otis (1725-1783), 1856
- Marble
- A.B.1743; Massachusetts Colonial lawyer and political leader
- Harvard University Portrait Collection
- Presented to Harvard University by the Corporation of Mt. Auburn Cemetery, 1935
(right)- William Wetmore Story
- American, 1819-1895
- Josiah Quincy (1772-1864), 1860
- A.B. 1790; A.M.; LL.D. 1824; President of Harvard 1829-1845;
- author of The History of Harvard University;
- Harvard University Portrait Collection
- Gift by subscription, 1878
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