S49: George Washington (1732-1799), after Houdon
Sculpture
This object does not yet have a description.
Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- S49
- People
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Unidentified Artist
George Washington (1732 - 1799)
Copy after Jean-Antoine Houdon, French (Versailles, France 1741 - 1828 Paris, France)
- Title
- George Washington (1732-1799), after Houdon
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Work Type
- bust, sculpture
- Date
- 18th-19th century
- Places
- Creation Place: North America, United States, Massachusetts
- Culture
- Unidentified culture
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/305376
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Marble
- Dimensions
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60.5 x 35 x 30 cm (23 13/16 x 13 3/4 x 11 13/16 in.)
Pedestal: 109.2 x 25.4 cm (43 x 10 in.) - Inscriptions and Marks
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- inscription: back center: WASHINGTON
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard University Portrait Collection, Probable puchase from Isaac P. Davis, 1814
- Accession Year
- 1814
- Object Number
- S49
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Publication History
- Sandra Grindlay, "Harvard's Portraits: An American Treasure", Harvard University Art Museums Review (Fall 1992), vol. II, no. 1, pp. 6-7, p. 6
- Ethan Lasser, ed., The Philosophy Chamber: Art and Science in Harvard’s Teaching Cabinet, 1766–1820, exh. cat., Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2017), p. 198, Fig 9 in Whitney Barlow Robles's "Flatness"
Verification Level
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