Sculpture

Title:

Parker Pillsbury

Object Name:

Sculpture

Object ID:

1921.012 a

Creator:

Paramino, John F. (1888-1956)Sculptor; Roman Bronze WorksManufacturer

Place of Origin:

Boston, MA/New York, NY

Date:

1921

Description:

Portrait bust of Parker Pillsbury (1809-1898), by John F. Paramino (1888-1956), 1921. Cast bronze. Life-size bust of man, subject looking straight ahead; truncated shoulders appear to be supported at rear by a rectangular pedestal, only the plinth continues around the bowed front of the bust; hollow. Iris and pupils of eyes defined; has beard with mustache. Wearing several layers of clothing, outer garment having clip on lapel at subject's right, no tie. Upper case relief lettering on plinth at front, reading: "PARKER PILLSBURY 1809 1898." Inscribed above plinth on right end: "JOHN F. PARAMINO, SCULP. / BOSTON MASS. 1921." Founders mark on plinth at rear left in upper case letters: "ROMAN BRONZE WORKS N.Y." Two lugs on interior surface, near bottom at center front and back. Threaded brass pins screw into lugs and extend below lower edge of bust.

Material:

Metal
Bronze

Dimensions:

H-26 W-16.1 D-12 inches

Provenance:

Bust made after the subject's death. Perhaps from photograph reproduced in Men of Progress: N.H., p. 221, in which the clothing, including clip is identical. Given by subject's nephew, Albert E. Pillsbury.

Parker Pillsbury (1809-1898), noted abolitionist, grew up in Henniker and, after his marriage, resided in Concord, N.H. Considered one of New England's "Abolition Trinity" (Garrison, Phillips and Pillsbury).

Credit Line:

Gift of Albert E. Pillsbury

People:

Pillsbury, Parker (1809-1898), Paramino, John F. (1888-1956), Pillsbury, Albert E. (1849-1930)

Subjects:

Pillsbury, Parker, Abolitionists, Abolitionist movement