Artist:

Saint-Gaudens, Augustus 1848-1907  Search this

Photographic firm:

Ewing Galloway (Agency)  Search this

Subject:

Farragut, David Glasgow  Search this

Type:

Photograph

Date:

1877-1880

Notes:

On photo mount label: A. Saint-Gaudens. Portrait statue of Admiral David Glasgow Farragut on decorated stone pedestal. New York, Madison Square. Bronze. Photographer: Ewing Galloway. Classification number: 282/S139/6201. Accession: 195461.

The original bluestone pedestal and exedra were replaced with a black granite replica in 1935; the original exedra was moved to the Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site in Cornish, N.H. where it is displayed with a replica bronze statue of Farragut.

1 photographic print : b&w, 9 1/2 x 7 5/8 in. (trimmed), mounted on 9 3/4 x 13 7/8 in. board.

Topic:

Portrait male--Full length  Search this

Occupation--Military--Admiral  Search this

Allegory--Quality--Faith  Search this

Allegory--Quality--Fortitude  Search this

Image number:

SSC S0002231

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Metropolitan Museum of Art Study Collection of American Sculpture Photographs

Data Source:

Photograph Study Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum

EDAN-URL:

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