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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Ward, John Quincy Adams,     Hunt, Richard Morris,     Portrait male -- Lafayette, Marquis de     Ethnic -- French     Occupation -- Other     Occupation -- Military     Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Milford     Architectural component     Sculpture

Bust of Lafayette, (sculpture). Artist:  Ward, John Quincy Adams, 1830-1910, sculptor. Hunt, Richard Morris, 1827-1895, architect. Title:  Bust of Lafayette, (sculpture). Dates:  ca. 1886 (?). Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: stone. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 2 x 1 1/2 x 1 ft. Inscription:  unsigned Description:  Bronze bust of Marquis de Lafayette. He is dressed in non-military dress, in buttoned-up double-breasted jacket and cravat under an unbuttoned coat. The bust stands on a small base made of three courses of rough-edged stones and placed on second story niche of building facade. Subject:  Portrait male -- Lafayette, Marquis de -- Bust Ethnic -- French Occupation -- Other -- Aristocrat Occupation -- Military -- General Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Milford Architectural component Sculpture Owner:  Administered by United States Department of Agriculture, Forestry Service, Pinchot Institute, Grey Towers, Milford, Pennsylvania 18337 Located Grey Towers National Historic Landmark, Off Route 6, Milford, Pennsylvania Remarks:  The house on which the bust resides was built for James Pinchot, father of Gifford Pinchot, forester and governor of Pennsylvania. James Pinchot was 1st generation Franco-American, and the style of the house is reflective of French chateaux. The choice of Lafayette as a subject of the bust reflects the French heritage of the family. IAS files contain copy of related excerpt from Historic Structure Report: Grey Towers (US Agriculture Forest Service, 1979). References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania 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 PA001514   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture PA001514 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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