Smithsonian American Art Museum 8th & G Streets, N.W Washington District of Columbia 20560 Accession Number: 1988.17
Date:
Ca. 1878-1880
Notes:
National Museum of American Art, 1990, 1998.
Smithsonian American Art Museum, 2006.
(Base, back edge, carved:) E. R. Thaxter signed
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Summary:
A carved marble sculpture of a young girl wearing a lace edged dress and boots. The girl has curled hair with long locks. She is raising her right hand while holding a cat, feather in its mouth, in her left arm. She stares down at a dead bird at her feet. Behind her left leg are assorted flowers and a bird's nest.
