Hiram Powers

The present bust is carved after Hiram Powers' allegorical bust of Faith, which was originally commissioned together with busts of Charity and Hope by Marshall Woods (1855-1899), a prominent investor and director of the Providence National Bank from Rhode Island, in 1866-67. The plaster version of the present model is in the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington (inv. no. 1968.155.22). Ingrid Roscoe records that approximately 20 versions have been produced by the artist, including several for British patrons (op. cit.).

RELATED LITERATURE

I. Roscoe, A Biographical Dictionary of Sculptors in Britain 1660-1851, New Haven and London, 2009, pp. 1007-1008, no.27; https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/faith-20045, 08/11/2023