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Smithsonian Transfers Iconic Statue Once Belonging to Lord Timothy Dexter to Museum of Old Newbury

NEWBURYPORT, MA, -- On January 2, 2025, the Smithsonian National Museum of American History confirmed that ownership of the iconic William Pitt statue, the only remaining figure from the 1801 Lord Timothy Dexter house, has been transferred to the Museum of Old Newbury. Though the statue has been on loan to the Museum since it was part of an exhibition in 1994, its future remained unclear.  The story of this legendary statue is intertwined with the lives of two other men, one an eccentric merchant, and the