Sujet

George Scott Winslow, 1866. Creator: Edmonia Lewis.

Légende

Edmonia Lewis is one of the most important American sculptors of the 19th century. The free-born child of an African American man and a Chippewa woman, Lewis was also known by her tribal name, Wildfire. After studies at Oberlin College and apprenticeships in Boston, she moved to Rome and joined a community of American expatriate artists. Portrait medallions like this one are extremely rare in her oeuvre.;The subject, George Scott Winslow, was the son of a merchant from a prominent Boston family.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM21A73_145

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

143,4Mo (2,7Mo) / 69,2cm x 51,9cm / 8176 x 6132 (300dpi)

Mots clés

SIDE VIEW people black male boy boys education arts country sculpture art museum color profile location century African American African-American afro-american medallion United States of America Colour Smithsonian Institution 19th century Educational Institution nineteenth century heritage American America USA scientific institution portrait object united states marble cultural heritage Black History Heritage Art National Museum of African American History and Culture NMAAHC bas-reliefs Edmonia Lewis Lewis Edmonia Mary Edmonia Lewis Lewis Mary Edmonia Wildfire bas relief bas-relief