Hiram Powers

Publisher Johnson, Wilson & Co. American

1874

Not on view

The sculptor is shown three-quarter length, with his left hand resting on a wooden work bench. He holds a tool in this right hand, has a white beard and wears a black suit and cap. A partially draped female nude statue is shown behind him.

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Title: Hiram Powers
Artist: After Alonzo Chappel (American, New York 1828–1887 Middle Island, New York)
Sitter: Hiram Powers (American, Woodstock, Vermont 1805–1873 Florence)
Publisher: Johnson, Wilson & Co. , New York
Date: 1874
Medium: Engraving
Dimensions: Image: 7 3/8 × 5 1/2 in. (18.8 × 13.9 cm)
Sheet: 10 3/4 × 8 1/8 in. (27.3 × 20.6 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: The Albert Ten Eyck Gardner Collection, Gift of the Centennial Committee, 1970
Object Number: 1970.703.8
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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