Collection Highlights
Marian Anderson (1897-1993)
c. 1940-45
1947.216
Watercolor, gouache, white tempera, and charcoal on heavy watercolor paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Marquis de Lafayette (1757-1834)
Title
Marquis de Lafayette (1757-1834)
Date
Winter 1831
Medium
Marble
Dimensions
Overall: 27 1/2 x 17 3/4 x 11 in. ( 69.8 x 45.1 x 27.9 cm )
Description
Portrait bust
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. Prosper Guerry
Object Number
1939.10
Marks
paper label: on back: "New York Hist. Soc. 210.63"
Gallery Label
The bust was executed in Paris while Greenough was working there temporarily in the winter of 1831. James Fenimore Cooper, a friend of Greeneough's, was instrumental in arranging the sitting of this famous portrait because he believed that the importance of this commission would have a great effect on a Greenough, whom he considered his prot
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
