Sculpture
- Object Name:
- Sculpture
- Object ID:
- 2014.023.02
- Place of Origin:
- Italy
- Date:
- circa 1877
- Description:
- Cameo. Bust-length profile portrait of Myra Tilton Elliott Kimball (1835-1922) of Concord, NH, c. 1877. Carved black onyx. Oval carving in vertical rectangle with rounded top and bottom.
- Material:
- Stone
Onyx - Dimensions:
- H-1 W-0.7 D-0.2 inches
- Provenance:
- Benjamin Ames Kimball (1833-1920), the son of Benjamin and Ruth Ann Kimball, was born in Canterbury, NH, and grew to adulthood in Concord, NH, in the home of his elder brother, Mayor John Kimball (1821-1912). Kimball studied engineering and graduated from Dartmouth College with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1854. After working as a master mechanic for the Concord Railroad for eleven years, Kimball developed private business interests as an engineer, designing and constructing railroad lines in the northeastern United States. In 1865 he also became a partner in firm of Ford Kimball, Concord, manufacturers of brass and iron castings for railroads. He quickly rose within the railroad corporate structure, as well, becoming interested in a variety of business, political, and community organizations, including the New Hampshire Historical Society. Myra Tilton Elliott was the daughter of Ira Elliott of Northfield, NH. She married Benjamin Kimball in 1861. They took the first of many trips to Europe in 1877 when they began to build an important collection of books, paintings, and sculpture. These cameo portraits were probably done during this trip.
The cameos descended in the Morrill family to the donor, who is the grandson of A. Clifton Gale, who married Millie Boyd, a member of the Morrill family. Myra Tilton Elliott Kimball's stepfather was Laban Morrill. - Credit Line:
- Gift of William P. Angrick
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