William Rush American

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 748

拉什在今日被认为是美国最早的肖像雕塑家之一,也是十九世纪早期活跃的费城工匠界中一位重要的木雕工和镀金工。这只巨型镀金鹰在1847年之前一直悬挂在费城圣约翰福音派路德会教堂的讲道坛上方,之后又被安置在独立厅的议事堂里,直到1914年。在那里,这只鹰与自由钟比邻,下方就是拉什的乔治·华盛顿木雕像。其象征意义也从委托制作这只鹰的教堂的保护圣徒标志,变成了美国爱国主义精神和独立的象征。

Eagle, William Rush (1756–1833), Carved wood (probably Eastern white pine), gessoed and gilded, and cast iron, painted, American

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