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Virginia Dare, (sculpture). Artist:  Lander, Louisa, 1826-1923, sculptor. Unknown (Italian), carver. Title:  Virginia Dare, (sculpture). Dates:  1859. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: marble; Base: granite. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 69 x 17 x 20 in.; Base: approx. 29 x 19 x 24 in. Inscription:  (Bottom of base, at rear of sculpture:) L. L. (Fece Roma 1859) signed Description:  Standing female nude on a low circular base. Figure stands in contrapposto with arms folded across belly, holding in place a fishing net, which is wrapped around the hips. Figure wears beads around neck and both upper arms; feathers adorn the hair, which is gathered at the back of the head. Next to her proper right leg stands a heron, partially hidden by the folds of the fishing net. Subject:  Portrait female -- Dare, Virginia -- Full length Portrait female -- Dare, Virginia -- Nude History -- United States -- Colonization History -- United States -- North Carolina Animal -- Bird -- Heron Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- North Carolina -- Manteo Sculpture Owner:  Administered by United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Washington, District of Columbia Administered by Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, Route 1, Box 675, Manteo, North Carolina 27954 Located Elizabethan Gardens, Manteo, North Carolina Provenance:  Formerly located Hall of History, Raleigh, North Carolina Remarks:  Sculpture was originally located in the Hall of History in Raleigh, and was moved to the Elizabethan Gardens August 18, 1955. IAS files contain citatations to related articles, including newsclipping Daily Reflector (Greenville, NC) March 25, 1984. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, North Carolina survey, 1994. Rubinstein, Charlotte Streifer, "American Women Sculptors: A History of Women Working in Three Dimensions," Boston, MA: G. K. Hall, 1990, pg. 56-63. Illustration:  Image on file. Rubinstein, Charlotte Streifer, "American Women Sculptors: A History of Women Working in Three Dimensions," Boston, MA: G. K. Hall, 1990, pg. 61. 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 NC000026   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture NC000026 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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