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Cast after
Ernest Bruce Haswell, 1889 - 1965
Sitter
William Holmes McGuffey, 23 Sep 1800 - 4 May 1873
Date
c. 1940 (cast 1968)
Type
Sculpture
Medium
Painted plaster
Dimensions
53cm (20 7/8"), Accurate
Topic
William Holmes McGuffey: Male
William Holmes McGuffey: Education and Scholarship\Educator\Professor\University
William Holmes McGuffey: Education and Scholarship\Administrator\University administrator\University president
William Holmes McGuffey: Education and Scholarship\Administrator\College administrator\President
William Holmes McGuffey: Literature\Writer\Textbook writer
William Holmes McGuffey: Education and Scholarship\Scholar\Linguist
William Holmes McGuffey: Religion and Spirituality\Preacher
Portrait
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Miami University, Oxford, Ohio