Portrait of a Girl

Copied Hiram Powers, Portrait of a Girl, n.d., plaster, 21 1815 129 in. (53.639.423.0 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.
Dimensions
21 1815 129 in. (53.639.423.0 cm)
Credit Line
Museum purchase in memory of Ralph Cross Johnson
Mediums
Mediums Description
plaster
Classifications
Keywords
  • Study — sculpture model
  • Portrait female — unidentified — child
  • Figure female — child — bust
Object Number
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.