Charles Cotesworth Beaman

Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Charles Cotesworth Beaman, modeled 1894, bronze, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Charles C. Beaman, 1969.176
Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Charles Cotesworth Beaman, modeled 1894, bronze, 26 1⁄8 x 14 7⁄8 in. (66.2 x 37.9 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Charles C. Beaman, 1969.176
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Artwork Details

Title
Charles Cotesworth Beaman
Artist
Date
modeled 1894
Location
Dimensions
26 1⁄8 x 14 7⁄8 in. (66.2 x 37.9 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Charles C. Beaman
Mediums
Mediums Description
bronze
Classifications
Subjects
  • Occupation — law — lawyer
Object Number
1969.176
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1969.176

Artwork Description

An essay that Charles Beaman wrote as a Harvard law student so impressed Senator Charles Sumner, then chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, that he hired the young man as his private secretary. This led to Beaman’s appointments to international posts and ultimately to a partnership in a prestigious New York law firm. The architect Stanford White introduced the lawyer to Augustus Saint-Gaudens around 1884. Beaman offered to rent his house in Cornish, New Hampshire, to the talented young sculptor so that he could work on his commission for Chicago’s Lincoln Park monument. Saint-Gaudens fell in love with the house and, after renting it repeatedly, convinced Beaman to sell it to him for a reduced price and this bronze portrait.

Works by this artist (4 items)

Ted Gordon, Cat, 1969, felt-tipped pen and ink and collage on paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Chuck and Jan Rosenak, 1982.114.2
Cat
Artist
Date1969
felt-tipped pen and ink and collage on paperboard
Not on view
Ted Gordon, Orange Face, 1982, colored pencil on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Chuck and Jan Rosenak and museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 1997.124.110
Orange Face
Artist
Date1982
colored pencil on paper
Not on view
Ted Gordon, (Untitled--Cat), 1982, ballpoint pen and ink, felt-tipped pen and ink, crayon and, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Chuck and Jan Rosenak, 1983.56
(Untitled – Cat)
Artist
Date1982
ballpoint pen and ink, felt-tipped pen and ink, crayon and
Not on view
Ted Gordon, (Untitled--Face), 1979, felt-tipped pen and ink, ballpoint pen and ink, and pencil on paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Chuck and Jan Rosenak, 1982.114.3
(Untitled – Face)
Artist
Date1979
felt-tipped pen and ink, ballpoint pen and ink, and pencil on paperboard
Not on view

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