Overview

There are twenty marble busts, three relief carvings and two full length statues in Annenberg Hall. Thirteen of the current busts were among eighteen busts that were transferred from Gore Hall Library to Memorial Hall in 1874. The works include two busts by Daniel Chester French (who sculpted the John Harvard statue now in Harvard Yard as well as the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C.), five sculptures by William Wetmore Story (including a portrait of his father and a self portrait), and busts of six consecutive Harvard Presidents.

The most recent addition is a bust of W.E.B. DuBois, co-founder of the NAACP and the first African-American student to receive a Ph.D. from Harvard. The bust was commissioned by The President and Fellows and the Department of Afro-American studies in 1993.

The two large sculptures depicting John Adams and John Winthrop as well as the statue of James Otis in Sanders Theatre were all brought from pastoral Mt. Auburn Cemetery in 1935 as a gift from the Friends of Mount Auburn Cemetery. The current arrangement of sculptures reflects the original arrangement as closely as possible.

William Wetmore Story 
American, 1819-1895
William Wetmore Story, Self-Portrait, 1887
Marble
A.B. 1838; LL.B. 1840; sculptor
Harvard University Portrait Collection
Gift of Mr. Waldo Story, 1901

William Wetmore Story, attributed to,
American, 1819-1895
James Russell Lowell (1819-1891)
Marble
A.B. 1838; A.M.; LL.B. 1840; LL.D. 1884; Professor 1855-1891; Overseer 1887-1891
Harvard University Portrait Collection
Gift of Mrs. Edward Burnett, daughter of James Russell Lowell, 1892

Louisa Lander
American, 1826-1923
Christopher Gore (1758-1827) , 1859
Marble
A.B. 1776; LL.D.1809; benefactor of the University; Overseer,1810-1815
Harvard University Portrait Collection
Gift by subscription, 1859

Hiram Powers 
American, 1805-1873
John Parker, Jr. (1783-1844)
Marble
Benefactor of the College; founder of the Parker fellowships
Harvard University Portrait Collection
Bequest of Mrs. Anna Parker, 1873

Richard Saltonstall Greenough
American, 1819-1904
George Hayward (1791-1863), 1860
Marble
A.B. 1809; A.M.; Professor of Surgery, 1835-1849
Harvard University Portrait Collection
Gift of Mrs. Hayward, 1865

Walker Hancock
American, born 1901
W.E.B. DuBois (1868-1963), 1993
Marble
A.B. 1890; A.M. 1891; Ph.D. 1895; first African-American student to receive a Ph.D.
at Harvard; historian and sociologist; co-founder of the NAACP
Harvard University Portrait Collection
Gift of the President and Fellows of Harvard College and the Department of
Afro-American Studies, 1993

Edward Augustus Brackett
American, 1818-1908
Charles Sumner (1811-1874)
Marble
A.B. 1830; LL.B. 1834; LL.D. 1859; statesman; U.S. Senator, 1851-1874
Harvard University Portrait Collection
Gift by subscription, 1858

Horatio Greenough
American, 1805-1852
Samuel Appleton (1766-1853)
Marble
A.M. (Hon.)1849 Dartmouth ; merchant, philanthropist, and benefactor of Harvard;
gave funds for Appleton Chapel
Harvard University Portrait Collection
Gift of Edward Bangs, 1870

Shobal Vail Clevenger
American, 1812-1843
Benjamin Bussey (1757-1842), 1830
Marble
Founder of the Bussey Institution; benefactor of the Law and Divinity Schools
Harvard University Portrait Collection
Gift of the Trustees of the Bussey Estate, 1845

Daniel Chester French
American, 1850-1931
Charles Russell Lowell, Jr. (1835-1864), 1885
Marble
A.B. 1854; Colonel, 2nd Massachusetts Cavalry; Brigadier General, U.S. Volunteers;
died at Cedar Creek, 1864
Harvard University Portrait Collection
Gift of “his fellow officers of the 2nd Massachusetts Cavalry and other admirers of his brilliant leadership, his heroic gallantry, and his
self-sacrificing patriotism.”

Horatio Stone
American, 1808-1875
Francis Washburn (d. 1865), 1869
Marble oval medallion
Lawrence Scientific School, 1857-1859; Colonel, 4th Massachusetts Cavalry; Brigadier General, U.S. Volunteers;
died from wounds received at High Bridge, Va., 1865
Harvard University Portrait Collection
Purchased by the Corporation, 1916

Daniel Chester French 
American, 1850-1931
William Francis Bartlett (1840-1876)
Marble
A.B. 1862; A.M. 1872; Captain, 20th Massachusetts Infantry; Major General, U.S.
Volunteers; wounded at Yorktown and Port Hudson; captured before Petersburg
Harvard University Portrait Collection American, 1819-1895
John Gorham Palfrey (1796-1881), 1892
Marble bas-relief
A.B. 1815; Div. S. 1818; S.T.D. 1834; LL.D. 1869; Dean of the Divinity School;
Overseer 1828-1831, 1852-1855; Second Chairman of the Memorial Hall Committee
of Fifty; historian and statesman
Harvard University Portrait Collection
Gift of the family of John G. Palfrey, 1891

Bela L. Pratt
American, 1867-1917
John Codman Ropes (1836-1899), 1902
Marble bas relief
A.B. 1857; LL.B. 1861; LL.D. 1897; Overseer 1868-1876; military historian
Harvard University Portrait Collection
Gift of his classmates, Class of 1857, 1902
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