Artwork Details
- Title
- Anna Quincy Waterston
- Artist
- Date
- ca. 1866
- Location
- Dimensions
- 11 7⁄8 x 7 1⁄4 x 5 1⁄8 in. (30.2 x 18.5 x 12.9 cm.)
- Markings
- back of chest on pedestal incised: e. lewis/to/m f: E. Lewis/to/M F Me Waterston back of base lower left in ballpoint pen: R.F.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dr. Richard Frates
- Mediums
- Mediums Description
- carved marble
- Classifications
- Keywords
- Portrait
- Portrait female — Waterston, Anna Quincy — bust
- Object Number
- 1983.95.181
Artwork Description
"Tis fitting that a daughter of the race
Whose chains are breaking should receive a gift
So rare as genius. Neither power nor place,
Fashion or wealth, pride, custom, caste nor hue
Can arrogantly claim what God doth lift
Above these chances, and bestows on few."
Excerpt from "Edmonia Lewis," a poem by Anna Quincy Waterston, 1864