Sujet

Statue of Gen. Washington, 1875/99. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Statute of Gen. Washington, 1875/99. [Boys posing in front of 'Enthroned Washington', marble sculpture of a bare-chested US President George Washington, with the inscription 'First in the Hearts of His Countrymen'. It was designed by Horatio Greenough, and based on Phidias' statue of Zeus Olympios, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. The sculpture was commissioned by the United States Congress to celebrate the centennial of Washington's birth on 22 February 1732]. Albumen print, stereocard.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM21B03_335

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

36,5Mo (1,3Mo) / 42,0cm x 21,8cm / 4960 x 2574 (300dpi)

Mots clés

people male boy boys child children religious architecture arts country religion statue statues sculpture art pointing weapon weapons photography God war location century gallery sword gesturing kitsch president blade swords concept mythology hero bare-chested B&W hand gesture bare chested heroic warfare art gallery barechested zeus United States of America heroism semi-naked 19th century black & white black and white B W weaponry semi-dress centennial Greek mythology Monument albumen print nineteenth century American America USA centenary stereoscopic photography George Washington George Phidias photograph stereocard united states Unknown Washington Greenough Art Institute of Chicago semi dress Stereoscopy Major Washington art centre Stereograph stereocard Pheidias General Washington Horatio Heritage Art stereographic card stereoscopics 19th-century Art Institute Chicago Horatio Greenough