Collection Highlights
Augustus Coe Gurnee dressed for the Vanderbilt costume ball, March 26, 1883
Date:
March 26, 1883
Object Number:
PR.223.1.16.1
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894)
Object Number:
1957.310
Date:
1887
Medium:
Bronze with oak frame
Dimensions:
Overall: 17 7/8 x 17 1/2 x 1/4 in. ( 45.4 x 44.5 x 0.6 cm )
Marks:
Inscription: top left: "TO ROBERTS LOUIS STEVENSON
Inscription: bottom center: "COPYRIGHT BY AUGUSTUS SAINT-GAUDENS"
Inscription: top center: "Youth now flees on feathered foot / faint and fainter sounds the flute / rarer songs of God and still / som
Description:
Bas-relief portrait: Circular bronze relief in a square oak frame.
Credit Line:
Gift of the children of Mr. Cass Gilbert
Provenance:
Cass Gilbert Collection
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
