Login My List - 0 Help
	Search   Search Images   About

Keyword Browse Combined Highlights Search History All Catalogs

Search:  Artist BrowseTitle BrowseSubject BrowseObject Type Browse Owner Browse       Refine Search     > You are only searching: Art Inventories

More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Robinson, Hylah Edwards,     Partridge, William Ordway,     Upshur, Elias Abraham,     Robinson, Samuel Straughan,     Portrait female -- Pocahontas     Ethnic -- Indian     Dress -- Accessory     Outdoor Sculpture -- Virginia -- King William     Copy     Sculpture

Pocahontas, (sculpture). Artist:  Robinson, Hylah Edwards, sculptor. Partridge, William Ordway, 1861-1930, sculptor. (copy after) Upshur, Elias Abraham, assistant. Robinson, Samuel Straughan, assistant. Title:  Pocahontas, (sculpture). Dates:  1934. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Figure: concrete, painted white; Base: brick. Dimensions:  Figure: approx. 7 ft. x 22 in. x 25 in.; Base: approx. 1 ft. x 16 in. x 16 in. Inscription:  (Front of plinth, raised:) POCAHONTAS unsigned Description:  Pocahontas strides forward with her arms spread at her waist. She wears a Native American dress, moccasins, a necklace, and a headband with a feather tucked into it. Subject:  Portrait female -- Pocahontas -- Full length Ethnic -- Indian -- Powhatan Dress -- Accessory -- Hat Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Virginia -- King William Copy Sculpture Owner:  Fontainebleau Farm, Route 1, Box 215, King William, Virginia 23806 Remarks:  Elias Abraham Upshur mixed the cement and Samuel Straughan Robinson helped weld the armature. Figure was Hylah Robinson's first and was modeled after the Pocahontas sculpture at Jamestown, Virginia. Figure was painted several years after created. Figure has been wire-brushed and repainted several times since. For further reading see Richmond Times-Dispatch (VA), July 21, 1935. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Virginia survey, 1995. Illustration:  Image on file. 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 VA000092   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture VA000092 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

Horizon Information Portal 3.25_9382

About | © 2020 Smithsonian | Terms of Use | Privacy | Contact