Front:
The Bust of Washington
Presented to Christ Church, Boston
By Shubael Bell Esq. Senior Warden
1815
Standing in a niche made by the window through
which sexton Robert Newman escaped after hanging
the lanterns as directed by Paul Revere.
This monument is called the first memorial to
Washington erected in a public place and was
probably modeled from a plaster bust known to
have been made by Christian Gülliger of Boston
in 1790.
It was carried in a procession through the streets
when the funeral observances were conducted in
Boston (1800)
When General Lafayette visited the church in
1824 he was asked by Reverend Father Brinley if
it was a good likeness of General Washington.
Pointing to the bust Lafayette replied Yes, that
is the man I knew, and more like
him than any other portrait."
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