Joseph Carew (c. 1820–1870) was a sculptor in

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, active between 1840 and 1870, and collaborated with

Thomas A. Carew Thomas A. Carew was an American sculptor in Boston, Massachusetts, active between 1843 and 1860 in collaboration with Joseph Carew as the firm Carew & Brother. Selected works * Charles T. Torrey, "Slave Monument" (late 1840s), Mount Auburn Ce ...

as the firm Carew & Brother. He exhibited his works frequently at the

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, with major exhibitions in 1853, 1859 and 1860. He also carved monuments for

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Selected works

Charles Turner Torrey Charles Turner Torrey (November 21, 1813 – May 9, 1846) was a leading American Abolitionism in the United States, abolitionist. Although largely lost to historians until recently, Torrey pushed the abolitionist movement to more political and ...

, "Slave Monument" (late 1840s),

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, marble bas-relief, 1857

References

* Glenn B. Opitz, ''Dictionary of American Sculptors'', Apollo, 1984. . * George Cuthbert Groce, David H. Wallace, ''Dictionary of Artists in America, 1564-1860'', New York Historical Society, 1957. 19th-century American sculptors 19th-century American male artists American male sculptors Artists from Boston 19th-century American people 1870 deaths 1820s births Sculptors from Massachusetts {{US-sculptor-stub