The Metropolitan Museum of Art - The Children of Prescott Hall Butler

The Children of Prescott Hall Butler

Date:: 1880–81, carving 1906–7
Medium:: Marble
Dimensions:: 24 1/2 x 36 in., 161lb. (62.2 x 91.4 cm) Framed: 35 3/4 x 46 x 3 1/4 in. (90.8 x 116.8 x 8.3 cm)
Classification:: Sculpture
Credit Line:: Gift of Jacob H. Schiff, 1905
Accession Number:: 05.15.1

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 763

Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

Signature: [upper right]: FE / A ST G (monogram) / CT; [lower right]: MODELED • BY • AVGVSTVS • SAINT-GAVDENS • NEW- / YORK • OCTOBER • EIGHTEEN • HVNDRED • AND • / EIGHTY - MARCH • EIGHTEEN • HVNDRED • AND • EIGHTY • ONE

Inscription: [upper left on a ribbon] DABIT / DEVS / HIS / QVOQVE FINEM / DABIT / DEVS / HIS QVOQVE FINEM; [left center] CHARLES • STEWART • BVLTER • IN • HIS • FOURTH / YEAR •; [right center] LAWRENCE • SMITH • BUTLER • IN • HIS • SIXTH • / YEAR •; [lower left] TO • MY • RIEND • PRESCOTT • HALL • BUTLER • S / W/ SIXTH • OF • JVLY • EIGHTEEN • HVNDRED • AND • EIGHTY • ONE
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