FRAZEE, John (1790-1852) Early American sculptor.
Born Rahway, New Jersey, 18 July 1790.
Died Crompton Mills, Rhode Island, 1852.
His bust of Chief Justice John Jay in U.S. Capitol.
R E L I E F S
1834 Colden (Cadwallader D.) Marble Bas-relief [88-89]
R E P L I C A S & R E I S S U E S
1876 Washington (George) Button Replica (of 1824;
struck by Scovill in 1876 and again in 1916) . . . .
Auctions:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J&J 23:653
E X O M E D A L L I C
1824 Washington (George) Button (Washington portrait
engraved by Charles Cushing Wright after painting
by John Frazee; struck by Scovill, Waterbury)
[Voss: page 70-71]
B I O G R A P H I C A L R E F E R E N C E S
BL {1906} A.L.A. Portrait Index, p 540.
D8 {1926} Fielding, p 127.
A2 {1927} Fairman, p 98.
BE {1943} Webster's Biographical Dictionary, p 552.
BDAB{1946} Dictionay of American Biiography, 4:1 pp 320-322 by
D15 {1957} Groce and Wallace, p 241.
A12 {1968} Craven, passim, (biblio) 736.
D33 {1986} Opitz, p 297.
H18 {1986} Voss (Frederick S.) John Frazee 1790-1852, Sculptor. Washington and
Boston: National Portrait Gallery and the Boston Athenacum. (1986) 120 pages, illus.
A42 {1993} Reynolds, p 171.
BF2 {1999} Falk. Who Was Who in American Art, p 1:1183.
D3a {2006} Benezit.Dictionary of Artists, p 5:1046.
Born Rahway, New Jersey, 18 July 1790.
Died Crompton Mills, Rhode Island, 1852.
His bust of Chief Justice John Jay in U.S. Capitol.
R E L I E F S
1834 Colden (Cadwallader D.) Marble Bas-relief [88-89]
R E P L I C A S & R E I S S U E S
1876 Washington (George) Button Replica (of 1824;
struck by Scovill in 1876 and again in 1916) . . . .
Auctions:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J&J 23:653
E X O M E D A L L I C
1824 Washington (George) Button (Washington portrait
engraved by Charles Cushing Wright after painting
by John Frazee; struck by Scovill, Waterbury)
[Voss: page 70-71]
B I O G R A P H I C A L R E F E R E N C E S
BL {1906} A.L.A. Portrait Index, p 540.
D8 {1926} Fielding, p 127.
A2 {1927} Fairman, p 98.
BE {1943} Webster's Biographical Dictionary, p 552.
BDAB{1946} Dictionay of American Biiography, 4:1 pp 320-322 by
D15 {1957} Groce and Wallace, p 241.
A12 {1968} Craven, passim, (biblio) 736.
D33 {1986} Opitz, p 297.
H18 {1986} Voss (Frederick S.) John Frazee 1790-1852, Sculptor. Washington and
Boston: National Portrait Gallery and the Boston Athenacum. (1986) 120 pages, illus.
A42 {1993} Reynolds, p 171.
BF2 {1999} Falk. Who Was Who in American Art, p 1:1183.
D3a {2006} Benezit.Dictionary of Artists, p 5:1046.