Sculpture
- Title:
- Levi Woodbury
- Object Name:
- Sculpture
- Object ID:
- 1921.005
- Creator:
- Powers, Hiram (1805-1873)
Sculptor - Place of Origin:
- Washington, DC
- Date:
- circa 1836
- Description:
- Sculpture. Bust of Levi Woodbury (1789-1851), by Hiram Powers (1805-1873), Washington, DC; 1836. Cast plaster. Life-size bust of man, undraped; head turned toward subject's right; entire top of head bald; side whiskers. Painted gray. Corner of paper label on truncated end at subject's right.
- Material:
- Plaster; Paint
- Dimensions:
- H-21.5 W-15.75 D-10.5 inches
- Provenance:
- The bust of Levi Woodbury was made during Hiram Powers' visit to Washington, DC in 1836. It passed from Levi Woodbury to his son, Charles Levi Woodbury (1820-1898), who bequeathed it to his nephew, the donor, Gist Blair (1860-1940).
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Gist Blair
- Subjects:
- Sculpture, Woodbury, Levi
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