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Henry B. Hyde

1901
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 774
This statuette is a reduction after a portrait statue of Henry B. Hyde (1834–1899), founder of the Equitable Life Assurance Society in 1859. In 1901, on the second anniversary of Hyde's death, the bronze was unveiled in the Equitable building at 120 Broadway in New York. This vigorous and realistic depicts Hyde in modern-day attire, and its success inspired the Equitable to authorize casting of at least eighty-one statuettes between 1901 and 1903. The Metropolitan’s is one of the first six, all cast in 1901.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Henry B. Hyde
  • Artist: John Quincy Adams Ward (American, Urbana, Ohio 1830–1910 New York)
  • Founder: Cast by Henry-Bonnard Bronze Company (ca. 1882–1926)
  • Date: 1901
  • Culture: American
  • Medium: Bronze
  • Dimensions: 21 x 7 1/2 x 6 1/4 in. (53.3 x 19.1 x 15.9 cm)
  • Credit Line: Gift of The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States, 1972
  • Object Number: 1972.33
  • Curatorial Department: The American Wing

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