Smithsonian American Art Museum 8th & G Streets, N.W Washington District of Columbia 20560 Accession Number: 1994.17
Date:
Carved 1876
Notes:
Art News, Oct. 1988, pg. 18-20.
Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.
Smithsonian American Art Museum, 2006.
(On left side, carved:) EDMONIA LEWIS SCVLP ROMA/1876 (On front of base, incised:) The Death of Cleopatra signed
Centennial International Exhibition, Philadelphia, 1876.
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Summary:
Cleopatra is seated on a throne, head thrown back in death - her proper right hand still clutching the venomous snake.
