Sculptor:

Warner, Olin Levi 1844-1896  Search this

Carver:

Piccirilli Brothers Marble Carving Studios  Search this

Medium:

Marble

Type:

Sculptures-Arch

Sculptures

Owner/Location:

Library of Congress 10 1st Street, S.E Great Hall Washington District of Columbia 20540

Date:

Commissioned March 22, 1894.; Plaster cast by Septmeber 26, 1894.; Carved February 23, 1895

Notes:

Gurney, George, "Olin Levi Warner (1844-1896): A Catalogue Raisonne of his Sculpture and Graphic Works," Ph.D., University of Delaware, 1978, pg. 875-882.

Small, Herbert, "The Library of Congress: its architecture and decoration," New York: Norton, 1982, pg. 49.

Summary:

Figure of a older male with a beard and moustache, wearing a cloth around his waist. He is leaning against the Commemorative Arch with his head in his right hand and his left hand holding a scroll.

Topic:

Figure male--Full length  Search this

Occupation--Education--Student  Search this

Object--Written Matter--Scroll  Search this

Control number:

IAS 88100305

Data Source:

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

EDAN-URL:

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