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Rush, William,
State of Being -- Other
Figure male -- Elderly
Figure male -- Nude
Allegory -- Place
Waterscape -- River
Animal -- Bird
Sculpture
The Schuylkill Chained, (sculpture).
Artist:
Rush
,
William
, 1756-1833, sculptor.
Title:
The Schuylkill Chained, (sculpture).
Dates:
1825.
Medium:
Wood.
Dimensions:
39 1/2 x 87 1/2 x 26 in.
Description:
Male figure is stretched out on a group of rocks with water flowing all around him. He has very bushy eyebrows and a long bead. His proper right arm is raised and there is a chain wrapped around both right and left arms. There is an eagle perched at his feet.
Subject:
State of Being -- Other -- Imprisonment
Figure male -- Elderly -- Full length
Figure male -- Nude
Allegory -- Place -- Rivers
Waterscape -- River -- Schuylkill River
Animal -- Bird -- Eagle
Object Type:
Sculpture
Owner:
On loan to Philadelphia Museum of Art, 26th Street & Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19130 Accession Number: 12-1937-5
Lent by Fairmount Park Art Association, 1616 Walnut Street, Suite 2012, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103
Provenance:
Formerly located at Fairmount Waterworks, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Remarks:
See Fairmount Park Art Association book for billing information.
References:
Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985
Fairmount Park Art Assoc., "Sculpture of a City: Philadelphia's Treasures in Bronze & Stone," NY: Walker Publ., 1974.
Illustration:
Fairmount Park Art Assoc., "Sculpture of a City: Philadelphia's Treasures in Bronze & Stone," NY: Walker Publ., 1974, pg. 10, 11.
Related Works:
Companion to: 76007730.
Related to: PA001130.
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 76007729
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Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
76007729
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