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Bust of Ralph Waldo Emerson
after 188422 in. (55.9 cm)
Daniel Chester French
United States (Exeter, NH, 1850 - 1931, Stockbridge, MA)
Object Type:
Sculpture
Medium and Support:
Bronze
Credit Line:
Gift of the family of Alan Underberg, in his memory
Accession Number:
1999.2
Location: Not currently on view
Marks
Artist's signature, back: D. C. FRENCH Foundry mark, back of base: CIRE PERDUE CAST . ROMAN BRONZE WORKS N.Y.
Inscription, front: EMERSON
Inscription, back of base, lower right: 1
Provenance
James Graham & Sons, New York; purchased by the Gallery with donor directed funds in 1999
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Bibliography
This object has the following bibliographic references:
- Democrat and Chronicle. Rochester, NY: Rochester Print Co.
- Article Author: Seaton-Schmidt, Anna. Article Title: Daniel Chestor French, Sculptor. Article Scope: Article. The American Magazine of Art. New York, New York: American Federation of Arts Volume Number: XIII, Issue Number: 1. Issue Date: January 1922. Page Number: 3-4
- The Daily News. Batavia, NY
- Article Scope: Article. Adeline Adams. Daniel Chester French, Sculptor. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1932.
- Article Scope: Article. Michael Richman. Daniel Chester French: An American Sculptor. New York, NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1976.
- Article Scope: Article. James Elliot Cabot. A Memoir of Ralph Waldo Emerson. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1887. Volume Number: 2
- Article Author: Daiss, Susan Dodge-Peters. Article Title: Daniel Chester French: Bust of Ralph Waldo Emerson. Article Scope: Chapter and reproduction. Marjorie B. Searl, ed. Seeing America: painting and sculpture from the collection of the Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 2006. Page Number: 96-99
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Seeing America Inservice
Materials from a teacher in-service presentation Spring 2008
Seeing America
Chapter on Daniel Chester French's Bust of Ralph Waldo Emerson, written by Susan Dodge-Peters Daiss.