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Doctor Henry Shiff, (sculpture). Artist:  Saint-Gaudens, Augustus, 1848-1907, sculptor. White, Stanford, 1853-1906, designer. Title:  Doctor Henry Shiff, (sculpture). Dates:  1880. Medium:  Bronze. Dimensions:  10 11/16 x 11 1/4 in. Inscription:  (Right side:) ALL AMICONE/DOTTORE HENRY/SHIFF AETAIS/XXXXVII DEI ROSPI:DI-RO-/MA:E DEI/PVZZI ROMA/NI AMANTE/DI FILOSO/FIA E DI/BELLE ARTI/DILETTANTE/DEL TIPO GATTES-/CO INNAMORA-/TO IN/PARIGI NEL/MESE DI MAG-/GIO-DELL/ANNO M/D C C C L X/XX/FECE AVG-/VSTVS SA/INT-GAV-/DENS Description:  Right profile of male bust in academic gown, he has long hair, receding hairline, a mustache, and long beard. There is a crouching toad in the lower left corner. Subject:  Portrait male -- Shiff, Henry -- Bust Portrait male -- Shiff, Henry -- Profile Occupation -- Medicine -- Doctor Object Type:  Relief Sculpture Owner:  Administered by United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Washington, District of Columbia Located Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site, RR 3, Box 73, Cornish, New Hampshire 03745 References:  Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985 Greenthal, Kathryn, "Augustus Saint-Gaudens: Master Sculptor," New York, NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1985, pg. 89. Illustration:  Greenthal, Kathryn, "Augustus Saint-Gaudens: Master Sculptor," New York, NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1985, pg. 89. 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 76007846   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 76007846 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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