William Wetmore Story

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William Wetmore Story was a 19th-century American sculptor, art critic, and writer known for his neoclassical works and influential presence in the expatriate artistic community in Rome.

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instanceOf American expatriate
art critic
essayist
human
lawyer
poet
sculptor
writer
birthDate 1819-02-19
birthPlace Salem, Massachusetts, United States
child Edith Marion Story
Joseph Story (son of William Wetmore Story)
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
deathDate 1895-10-07
deathPlace Vallombrosa, Italy
linked to: Gricigliano, Italy
educatedAt Harvard College
linked to: Harvard University

Harvard Law School
familyName Story
father Joseph Story
fieldOfWork art criticism
literature
sculpture
gender male
genre art criticism
essays
poetry
givenName William
influencedBy Italian Renaissance art
classical antiquity
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf American expatriate artistic community in Rome
middleName Wetmore
mother Sarah Waldo Wetmore Story
linked to: Sarah Waldo Wetmore
movement Neoclassicism
name William Wetmore Story
nationality American
notableFor neoclassical sculpture
notableWork Angel of Grief (sculpture)
Cleopatra (sculpture)
Medea (sculpture)
linked to: Medea statue

The Libyan Sibyl (sculpture)
occupation art critic
lawyer
sculptor
writer
placeOfBurial Protestant Cemetery, Rome
residence Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Rome, Italy
linked to: Rome
spouse Emelyn Eldredge Story

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Joseph Story child William Wetmore Story
William Wetmore Story name William Wetmore Story
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