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) (show scale)
SIGNATURE
Incised on back of bust: "H. POWERS Sculp"
COLLECTIONS
American Art
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.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
CAPTION
Hiram S. Powers (American, 1805â1873). Hope, ca. 1869. Marble, 28 3/4 x 19 11/16 x 11 9/16 in. (73 x 50 x 29.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund, 21.244. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 21.244_bw.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, 21.244_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
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