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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: 
28 x 7 3/4 x 6 in.
Inscription: 
(On top of base, right:) F. MacMonnies 1890 (On back of base, stamped:) E. GRUET / JEUN / FONDEUR / 44 bis AVENUE DE CHATILLON . PARIS . signed Founder's mark appears.
Description: 
A portrait of Nathan Hale standing with his feet tied together.
Subject: 
Portrait male -- Hale, Nathan -- Full length
Occupation -- Military -- Captain
Occupation -- Political -- Statesman
State of Being -- Evil -- Imprisonment
Object Type: 
Sculpture
Owner: 
Metropolitan Museum of Art, 5th Avenue at 82nd Street, New York, New York 10028 Accession Number: 50.145.38
Provenance: 
Bequest of Harkness, Mary Stillman, 1950.
References: 
Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.
Tolles, Thayer, ed., "American Sculpture in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Volume I: A Catalogue of Works by Artists Born before 1865," New York, NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1999, pg. 434.
Illustration: 
Tolles, Thayer, ed., "American Sculpture in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Volume I: A Catalogue of Works by Artists Born before 1865," New York, NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1999, pg. 435.
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 77002429

 

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