BENSON, John Howard  (1901-1956) designer, modeller.
          Born Newport, Rhode Island, 6 July 1901.
          Onetime instructor, head of department of sculpture,
          Rhode Island School of Design. His bust of John Adams
          at Fort Adams State Park, Newport, Rhode Island.
          Died Newport, Rhode Island, 23 February 1956.

          C   O   I   N   S

1936 Providence Rhode Island Founding Tercentenary
          Half Dollar (with A. Graham Carey) . . . Breen 7534-7536, KM 185

          S   C   U   L   P   T   U   R   E

1934 Adams (John) Portrait Bust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
            Archives: Inventory of Am Sculpture . .  IAS RI000094
            Collection: Fort Adams State Park, Rhode Island

          A  R  C  H   I  V  E  S

IAS Inventory of American Sculpture (online).

          B I O G R A P I C A L  R E F E R E N C E S

BA  {1937} Who's Who In American Art: 1937 [1ed:41], 1939 [2ed:50],
          1941 [3ed:61],1947 [4ed:52], 1953 [5ed:34].

Px  {1950} Hofer (Philip)  The Work of John Howard Benson, New Colophon (1950) p 208-222, illus.
BF1 {1985} Falk, p 48.
D33 {1986} Opitz, p 64.
BF2 {1999} Falk. Who Was Who in American Art, p 1:285.

          N U M I S M A T I C   R E F E R E N C E S

N16 {1967} Taxay, p 167-171.
E17 {1983} Pessolano-Filos, p 13.
O12 {1988} Breen 7534-7536, 597.
N30 {1991} Bowers. Commemorative Coins, p 695-696 (bio).
N31 {1992} Smith. American Numismatic Biographies, p 27.