Exhibits Specialist Prepares Wooden Statue of William Pitt

ID: SIA Acc. 16-126 [MNH-423B]

Creator: Scott, Jack

Form/Genre: Black-and-white negatives

Date: 1960

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Acc. 16-126, Box 04, Image No. MNH-423B

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Summary

Restoration of the early American wooden statue of William Pitt, carved in 1801 by Joseph Wilson for "Lord" Timothy Dexter. Restorer Gordon Dentry sculpturing reconstructed parts of William Pitt statue.

Subject

  • Dentry, Gordon
  • Smithsonian Institution Photographic Services Division
  • Smithsonian Institution Office of Exhibits

Notes

  • Requested by Office of Exhibits.
  • See United States National Museum Annual Report, 1961, p. 63.

Cite as

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Acc. 16-126, Box 04, Image No. MNH-423B

Repository Loc.

Smithsonian Institution Archives Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520

Date

  • 1960
  • July 1, 1960

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Topic

  • Restoration and conservation
  • Smithsonian Institution
  • Personnel management
  • Employees
  • Smithsonian Institution-- Employees

Form/Genre

Black-and-white negatives

Local number

SIA Acc. 16-126 [MNH-423B]

Physical description

5 x 4;

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