Richard Saltonstall Greenough (April 19, 1819 – 1904) was an American sculptor and younger brother to Neoclassical sculptor

Horatio Greenough Horatio Greenough (September 6, 1805 – December 18, 1852) was an American sculptor best known for his United States government commissions '' The Rescue'' (1837–50), ''George Washington'' (1840), and ''The Discovery of America'' (1840–4 ...

. Greenough was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the youngest child of Elizabeth (Bender) and David Greenough (1774–1836). He was educated at the

Boston Latin School The Boston Latin School is a public exam school in Boston, Massachusetts. It was established on April 23, 1635, making it both the oldest public school in the British America and the oldest existing school in the United States. Its curriculum f ...

, entering in 1829. At age 17, he followed his brother in a career in sculpture, and in 1837 left for Italy where he belonged to the second generation of American expatriate artists. Thereafter he divided his time between Europe and America, but spent most of his studio life in Rome. Greenough married Sarah Dana Loring of Boston on September 26, 1846, and had two children at Boston in 1848 and 1851. He was elected a Fellow of the

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in 1855. Greenough died in Rome in 1904. He is buried in the

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. Greenough's best-known work is probably a statue of Benjamin Franklin which stood in front of the

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. The statue on Boston's

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, fell from its ten-foot pedestal in the early summer of 2016, but sustained almost no damage and is currently being repaired.

Selected works

* 1853 Shepard Boy and Eagle, bronze,

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* 1856 Statue of Benjamin Franklin, bronze,

* 1856

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(1588–1649), marble, Memorial Hall,

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* 1860 Bust of George Hayward (1791–1863), marble, Memorial Hall,

* 1863 Carthaginian Girl, marble,

* 1860-1880

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* 1873

, bronze, Boston, Massachusetts * 1876

, marble,

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* TBD Alma Mater commemorating Civil War dead,

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bust of Augustus Edward May
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