Portrait of a Girl

Copied Hiram Powers, Portrait of a Girl, n.d., plaster, 21 1⁄8 x 15 1⁄2 x 9 in. (53.6 x 39.4 x 23.0 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase in memory of Ralph Cross Johnson, 1968.155.57
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Artwork Details

Title
Portrait of a Girl
Artist
Date
n.d.
Location
Dimensions
21 1⁄8 x 15 1⁄2 x 9 in. (53.6 x 39.4 x 23.0 cm)
Credit Line
Museum purchase in memory of Ralph Cross Johnson
Mediums
Mediums Description
plaster
Classifications
Subjects
  • Figure female — child — bust
  • Portrait female — unidentified — child
  • Study — sculpture model
Object Number
1968.155.57
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1968.155.57

Artwork Description

There are many unidentified portraits in the Hiram Powers collection. Portrait of a Girl may show the daughter of Henry A. Dyke, a wool merchant from New York. Portrait of a Lady was probably modeled in 1867 and could be of Mrs. George Martin, a patron of Powers.