Joseph Carew (c. 1820–1870) was a sculptor in
Boston
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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
Boston Athenæum
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, with major exhibitions in 1853, 1859 and 1860. He also carved monuments for
Mount Auburn Cemetery
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.
Selected works
*
Charles Turner Torrey
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, "Slave Monument" (late 1840s),
Mount Auburn Cemetery
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*
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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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
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