Mead Art Museum, Amherst College
Amherst College
Po Box 5000
Amherst, MA 01002
Po Box 5000
Amherst, MA 01002
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1835 Chesterfield, New Hampshire - 1910 Florence, Italy. Known for: Sculptor-historical figure, illustrator.
Born in New Hampshire and raised in Brattleboro, Vermont, Larkin Mead became a sculptor whose work is in Springfield Missouri at the Lincoln Memorial and the Oak Ridge Cemetery, and at the U.S.... Read full biography
Born in New Hampshire and raised in Brattleboro, Vermont, Larkin Mead became a sculptor whose work is in Springfield Missouri at the Lincoln Memorial and the Oak Ridge Cemetery, and at the U.S. Capitol in Washington DC. ("Ethan Allen"). In 1853, he traveled to New York City, where he worked for two... Read full biography
Born in New Hampshire and raised in Brattleboro, Vermont, Larkin Mead became a sculptor whose work is in Springfield Missouri at the Lincoln Memorial and the Oak Ridge Cemetery, and at the U.S. Capitol in Washington DC. ("Ethan Allen"). In 1853, he traveled to New York City, where he worked for two years in the studio of sculptor Henry Kirke Brown. For the first year of the Civil War, he was an artist for "Harper's Weekly", and in that capacity spent time with the army of the Potomac. From 1862... Read full biography
Born in New Hampshire and raised in Brattleboro, Vermont, Larkin Mead became a sculptor whose work is in Springfield Missouri at the Lincoln Memorial and the Oak Ridge Cemetery, and at the U.S. Capitol in Washington DC. ("Ethan Allen"). In 1853, he traveled to New York City, where he worked for two years in the studio of sculptor Henry Kirke Brown. For the first year of the Civil War, he was an artist for "Harper's Weekly", and in that capacity spent time with the army of the Potomac. From 1862 to 1865, he lived in Italy with his brother-in-law, who was the United States consulate in Venice. There he met other American sculptors including Hiram Powers, Thomas Ball, and Joel Tanner Hart, and during this time, he created works from mythology... Read full biography
Born in New Hampshire and raised in Brattleboro, Vermont, Larkin Mead became a sculptor whose work is in Springfield Missouri at the Lincoln Memorial and the Oak Ridge Cemetery, and at the U.S. Capitol in Washington DC. ("Ethan Allen"). In 1853, he traveled to New York City, where he worked for two years in the studio of sculptor Henry Kirke Brown. For the first year of the Civil War, he was an artist for "Harper's Weekly", and in that capacity spent time with the army of the Potomac. From 1862 to 1865, he lived in Italy with his brother-in-law, who was the United States consulate in Venice. There he met other American sculptors including Hiram Powers, Thomas Ball, and Joel Tanner Hart, and during this time, he created works from mythology and Civil War subjects. He brought a number of these sculptures to the United States when he returned briefly in 1865. Th... Read full biography