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Sculpture
Evangeline
William Couper, 1853 - 1942
Couper, William
United States
1853 - 1942
Male
21 1/4 in. (54 cm)
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Marble
Marble
ca. 1880
1875
1885
1800-1900, 19th century, Evangeline, sculpture, women
Sculpture
on base
1969.7
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Memorial Art Gallery
9/8/1999
69.7TR1
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Sculpture
The West Wind
Thomas Ridgeway Gould, 1818 - 1881
Gould, Thomas Ridgeway
United States
1818 - 1881
Male
70 1/2 x 23 x 33 1/4 in. (179.1 x 58.4 x 84.5 cm)
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Marble
Marble
1876
1876
1876
1800-1900, 19th century, allegories, sculpture, women
Sculpture
Who was the West Wind? In Greek mythology, the West Wind was Zephyrus, one of the four wind gods. Perhaps the maker of this work, who was influenced by the mythological subjects that he saw in Italy, was describing the West Wind by showing its effect on the figure’s hair and skirt. Another interpretation suggests that the sculpture is an idealized expression of the United States’s westward expansion. It was exhibited at the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia on the occasion of the nation’s hundredth birthday in 1876. The starred belt on the waistband of the figure’s clothing could refer to the stars on the American flag.
When English poet Percy Shelley wrote his Ode to the West Wind in 1820, he closed it with these immortal words:
O Wind,
If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?
[Gallery label text, 2004]
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1966.18
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Memorial Art Gallery
9/8/1999
66.18TR1
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Sculpture
Nydia, the Blind Flower Girl of Pompeii
Randolph Rogers, 1825 - 1892
Rogers, Randolph
United States
1825 - 1892
Male
36 x 17 11/16 x 25 in. (91.5 x 45 x 63.5 cm)
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Marble
Marble
after 1855
1856
1865
1800-1900, 19th century, Last Days of Pompeii, sculpture, women
Sculpture
Nydia, the blind heroine of Edward Bulwer-Lytton’s 1834 novel The Last Days of Pompeii, was the subject of over 50 sculptures by Randolph Rogers. He depicted her, a broken column at her feet, as she used her heightened sense of hearing to listen for Glaucus, the nobleman whom she loved, and his fiancée, Ione. Although Nydia led them to safety, in the end she drowned herself because Glaucus could not be hers.
Nineteenth century collectors were fascinated by classical subjects like Pompeii. Many American collectors on the Grand Tour made trips to Italy, where they visited the studios of artists like Rogers and actively commissioned work. At left is a picture of MAG’s Nydia in an earlier collection in the home of Mr. and Mrs. W.W. Chapin, 110 South Fitzhugh Street, Rochester. [Gallery Label, February 6, 2012]
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1993.24
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Memorial Art Gallery
9/8/1999
93.24TR1
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Sculpture
Group of Nymphs
Claude Michel, 1738 - 1814
Clodion
France
1738 - 1814
Male
11 1/2 in. (29.2 cm)
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Terracotta
Terracotta
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0
1800-1900, 19th century, nymphs, sculpture, women
Sculpture
1955.107
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Memorial Art Gallery
1/25/2001
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