Hope
Hiram S. Powers
American Art
On View: Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
MEDIUM
Marble
DATES
ca. 1869
DIMENSIONS
28 3/4 x 19 11/16 x 11 9/16 in. (73 x 50 x 29.4 cm)
SIGNATURE
Incised on back of bust: "H. POWERS Sculp"
ACCESSION NUMBER
21.244
CREDIT LINE
Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Bust of female allegorical figure looking to left with a garment draped over her proper right shoulder, leaving her left breast exposed; she wears a five-pointed crown with an anchor in the center and five ball-like points connected by draped cord; her hair is gathered at the neck; supported on short pedestal.
Condition: Good; object has been restored after a 1994 accident which resulted in several chips around crown and drapery edges.
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