Hiram Powers 1805 - 1873

Harold Brown, Newport, Rhode Island, circa 1900
By descent in the family to the present owner

Richard P. Wunder, Hiram Powers, Vermont Sculptor, 1805-1873, vols. I and II, Newark, Delaware, 1991, pp. 139-141, 172, 244, 256, 276, 305, 320-321, 331, 333 (vol. I); 207-211, illustration of another example p. 207 (vol. II)

Good condition. Dimples along forehead possibly inherent to the sculpture. Small, isolated areas of discoloration, most noticeably in the torso and robe. Small chip on back left shoulder of figure. Recently lightly cleaned by Wilson Conservation, LLC.
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Lauded as America's foremost neoclassical sculptor of the 19th century, Hiram Powers achieved extraordinary public success during his lifetime. In addition to 14 full-length statues and 14 ideal busts that brought him international celebrity, Powers modeled some 200 portrait busts of America's political and social luminaries. The artist began modeling George Washington around 1838, producing various marble examples from 1844 until his death in 1873.