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Historic Nathan Hale Sculpture Information

Artist: 
MacMonnies, Frederick William, 1863-1937, sculptor.
Gruet, founder.
Title: 
Nathan Hale, (sculpture).
Dates: 
1890.
Medium: 
Bronze.
Dimensions: 
H. 28 1/2 in. (72.4 cm)
Inscription: 
(On base, right side:) F. MacMonnies 1890 (Stamped, left rear:) E. Gruet Jeune, Paris signed Founder's mark appears.
Subject: 
Portrait male -- Hale, Nathan -- Full length
Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
Object Type: 
Sculpture
Owner: 
Art Institute of Chicago, 111 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60603-6110 Accession Number: 1923.1840
Provenance: 
Gift of Allerton, Robert,
References: 
"American arts at The Art Institute of Chicago: from colonial times to World War I," Chicago, Ill.: Art Institute of Chicago, 1998, no. 138.
Art Institute of Chicago, 1991.
Illustration: 
"American arts at The Art Institute of Chicago: from colonial times to World War I," Chicago, Ill.: Art Institute of Chicago, 1998, pg. 279
Note: 
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Repository: 
Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
Control Number: 
IAS 12000016

 

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