John Ericsson

Artist

Augustus Saint-Gaudens, 1 Mar 1848 - 3 Aug 1907

Copy after

Horace Kneeland, c. 1808 - c. 1860

Sitter

John Ericsson, 31 Jul 1803 - 8 Mar 1889

Date

c. 1872

Type

Sculpture

Medium

Marble

Dimensions

96.5cm (38"), Accurate

Credit Line

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; transfer from the Smithsonian American Art Museum; bequest of Georgiana Welles Sargent, 1947

Object number

NPG.65.24

Culture

John Ericsson: European\Scandinavian\Swedish

Provenance

Georgiana Welles Sargent; bequeathed to the National Collection of Fine Arts (now Smithsonian American Art Museum) 1947; transferred to NPG 1965

Data Source

National Portrait Gallery

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