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Fame, (painting). Artist:  Blashfield, Edwin Howland, 1848-1936, painter. Title:  Fame, (painting). Other Titles:  Four Pendentives to the Central Dome, (painting). Dates:  1910. Dimensions:  Each figure: H. 9 ft. Description:  Four winged figures of fame, each holding a shield which immitates a bas-relief portrait of Alexander Hamilton, John Stevens, Abraham Zabriskie, and Richard Varick. Each figure is on one of the four pendentives to the central dome. Subject:  Allegory -- Quality -- Grandeur Dress -- Accessory -- Shield Portrait male -- Hamilton, Alexander -- Head Portrait male -- Stevens, John -- Head Portrait male -- Zabriskie, Abraham -- Head Portrait male -- Varick, Richard -- Head Object Type:  Mural Painting Owner:  Hudson County Courthouse, Jersey City, New Jersey References:  "Heroes in the fight for beauty: the muralists of the Hudson County Court House," Jersey City: Jersey City Museum, 1986, fig. 14-16, pg. 94. Brochure of the Mural Painters, a National Society Founded 1895, New York: the Kalkhoff Company, 1916. Illustration:  "Heroes in the fight for beauty: the muralists of the Hudson County Court House," Jersey City: Jersey City Museum, 1986, pg. 18-21. 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:  IAP 86130130   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Paintings 86130130 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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