Bust

Title:

Edward Tuck

Object Name:

Bust

Object ID:

1912.008

Creator:

O'Connor, Andrew Jr. (1874-1941)Sculptor

Place of Origin:

Paris, France

Date:

1911

Description:

Life-size bust of Edward Tuck. Bronze. Subject looking straight ahead; bordered at base by a plinth 2" high, which conforms to the contours of subject's body, resulting irregular outline; hollow. Pupils and iris of eyes defined; prominent eyebrows and mustache. Wearing shirt with stand collar, necktie and coat with lapel pin on subject's left side. Coat lapel and lower end of arm more precisely delineated on left than on right side. Inscribed on left end below shoulder, in upper case letters: "This portrait of / Edward Tuck made / by O'Connor 1911." Founder's mark on plinth at rear right, in upper case letters: "Alexis. Rudier / Fondeur. Paris." Three bronze plugs visible on interior, in shoulders and head.

Material:

Metal
Bronze

Dimensions:

H-25 W-22.5 D-13.75 inches

Provenance:

Edward Tuck (1842-1938), a diplomat and banker born in Exeter, NH, lived much of his life in France and was a major benefactor of the NHHS.
Bust made for exhibit in the NHHS's new Park Street building, the construction of which was financed by Tuck. Pictured in "Dedication of the Building of the NHHS.", 1912, opp. p. 35, at which time it was exhibited in the right niche of the lower rotunda.
Apparently modeled in France by Andrew O'Connor, Jr. (1874-1941), from Worcester, Ma. O'Connor had settled in Paris in q06, was a former student of Daniel Chester French and is known to have received commissions through French who, in this case, was a distant relative of the subject.

Credit Line:

Gift of Edward Tuck

People:

Tuck, Edward (1842-1938), O'Connor, Andrew

Subjects:

Tuck, Edward, Sculpture