Collection Highlights
Balustrade from Federal Hall, New York
1788-1789
1884.3
Painted wrought iron
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Museum Collections
George Hubert Herbert (1872-1949)
Title
George Hubert Herbert (1872-1949)
Date
ca. 1915
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
Overall: 36 x 29 in. ( 91.4 x 73.7 cm )
Credit Line
Gift of the artist
Object Number
1953.52
Marks
signature: upper right: "DeWitt M. Lockman"
Gallery Label
The subject, famous as Coco the Clown, was born in Calcutta, India, and began his circus career at the age of three. From the late 1870s until the early 1920s, when he retired, he was one of the most popular and famous performers under the Big Top. His home was in Jacksonville, Florida, and he became known as "the health and education clown" in the Florida public schools.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
