Collection Highlights
Scenes in the Life of Harriet Tubman
Date:
ca. 1869
Object Number:
LIB.CT.T8855.B7
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Marquis de Lafayette (1757-1834)
Object Number:
1939.10
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 )
Marks:
paper label: on back: "New York Hist. Soc. 210.63"
Description:
Portrait bust
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 protégé.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. Prosper Guerry
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
