{"id":18408,"date":"2023-05-19T09:31:25","date_gmt":"2023-05-19T13:31:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/?page_id=18408"},"modified":"2023-06-06T10:44:26","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T14:44:26","slug":"henry-kirke-bush-brown-biography","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/exhibitions\/henry-kirke-bush-brown-biography\/","title":{"rendered":"Henry Kirke Bush-Brown Biography"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-black-color has-text-color\">Henry Kirke Bush-Brown (American, 1857\u20131935)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Bush-Brown was the adopted nephew of sculptor Henry Kirke Brown. He is known for his realist sculptures monumentalizing American history. Bush-Brown produced three equestrian bronze sculptures at Gettysburg battlefield, and also undertook monuments around New York commemorating major battles. He also completed several medallions, including the inaugural medal for Herbert Hoover.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2023\/05\/1996.5.11.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"851\" data-id=\"18409\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2023\/05\/1996.5.11-900x851.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18409\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2023\/05\/1996.5.11-900x851.webp 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2023\/05\/1996.5.11-317x300.webp 317w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2023\/05\/1996.5.11-768x726.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2023\/05\/1996.5.11-1536x1452.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2023\/05\/1996.5.11-200x189.webp 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2023\/05\/1996.5.11-664x628.jpg 664w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2023\/05\/1996.5.11.webp 1919w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Henry Kirke Bush-Brown, <em>Washington Irving Plaquette<\/em>, 1907, Bronze, cast hollow by Henry Bonnard Bronze Co, New York, 7 3\/16 in. , Bates College Museum of Art, Gift of John and Janet Marqusee, 1996.5.11<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"10\" height=\"10\" data-id=\"14895\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2021\/01\/blank-image-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14895\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"10\" height=\"10\" data-id=\"14895\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2021\/01\/blank-image-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14895\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Henry Kirke Bush-Brown (American, 1857\u20131935) Bush-Brown was the adopted nephew of sculptor&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1626,"featured_media":0,"parent":1152,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_hide_ai_chatbot":false,"_ai_chatbot_style":"","associated_faculty":[],"_Page_Specific_Css":"","_bates_restrict_mod":false,"_dimp_site_id":"","_dimp_override_contact":false,"_table_of_contents_display":false,"_table_of_contents_location":"","_table_of_contents_disableSticky":false,"_is_featured":false,"footnotes":"","_bates_seo_meta_description":"","_bates_seo_block_robots":false,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_id":0,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_twitter_id":0,"_bates_seo_share_title":"","_bates_seo_canonical_overwrite":"","_bates_seo_twitter_template":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-18408","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1626"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18408"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18408\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19149,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18408\/revisions\/19149"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}