Third version, exhibited at the Horticultural Hall, Boston, 1848

Third version, exhibited at the Horticultural Hall, Boston, 1848

The Horticultural Hall on School Street in Boston was the first venue in which this version of The Greek Slave was shown upon its arrival from Florence in 1848. The exhibition was open from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; admission was 25 cents, season tickets $1, and pamphlets 12 ½ cents. Richard P. Wunder gives the exhibition dates as June 21 to September 30, 1848.[1]



[1] Richard P. Wunder, Hiram Powers: Vermont Sculptor, 1805–1873 (Newark: University of Delaware Press), 2:164.

 
 

 

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