Collection Highlights
Leg brace
ca. 1940
2002.76
Leather, metal
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Candace T. Wheeler (ca. 1848-1876)
Title
Candace T. Wheeler (ca. 1848-1876)
Date
1863
Medium
White marble with gilded frame
Dimensions
Overall: 21 1/2 x 18 x 2 in. ( 54.6 x 45.7 x 5.1 cm )
Description
Bas-relief portrait.
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Boudinot Keith
Object Number
1940.859
Marks
signed: under proper right shoulder: "L. THOMPSON. SC.1863"
Gallery Label
Candace was the daughter of Thomas Mason Wheeler and Candace (Thurber) Wheeler. In 1866 she was married to Lewis Atterbury Stimson, and they went to Paris where he studied medicine. After earning his medical degree he established his practice in New York about 1875. The subject was the mother of Henry Lewis Stimson, the noted lawyer and statesman.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
