Title:
Bust of Sam Houston
Description:
Bust, plaster, black with streaks of gold / bronze color. Label attached with adhesive on the reverse states: Pease Room, ARC 27.1.
Description:
Historical Note: Bust of Sam Houston (depicted as a middle-aged man) by John O'Brien. John O'Brien is said to have been born in Cork in 1826 and died in Galveston in 1903. The bust was acquired by the state in 1891.
Description:
Related Resource: See the Texas Legislative Reference Library website, "Art in the Legislative Reference Library" page (posted July 4, 2011), for an image of another bust of Sam Houston made by the same artist (CHA #1994.24). The Southwestern Historical Q
Identifier:
ATF0363
Item identifier:
ATF0363
Collection:
Artifacts collection
Date range of creation:
1880 to 1891
Subject:
Houston, Sam, 1793-1863
Type:
Image
Type:
Art
Type:
Bust
Medium:
Plaster
Citation information:
ATF0363, Artifacts collection. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
Copyright information:
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Size or duration:
14 in x 11 in x 11 in
Language:
English