Robert Vanderburgh McKim

Media - 1970.335.21 - SAAM-1970.335.21_1 - 62418
Copied William Henry Rinehart, Robert Vanderburgh McKim, ca. 1867, painted plaster, 27 581912 14 in. (70.148.231.1 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Peabody Institute, 1970.335.21
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Artwork Details

Title
Robert Vanderburgh McKim
Date
ca. 1867
Dimensions
27 581912 14 in. (70.148.231.1 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the Peabody Institute
Mediums
Mediums Description
painted plaster
Classifications
Keywords
  • Portrait male — McKim, Robert Vanderburgh — bust
Object Number
1970.335.21

Artwork Description

Robert Vanderburgh McKim (1841-1915) was a Baltimore physician who served as a military surgeon in the Civil War and later as brigade surgeon of the New York National Guard. At the time William Henry Rinehart made this portrait, the handsome McKim was about twenty-six years old. Little did he know that six years earlier, the sculptor had made a portrait of his future bride, Mary Schroeder Albert. After Mr. McKim and Miss Albert married, they frequently traveled abroad. When they were in this country, they participated in society functions in Baltimore and in New York. In 1915, Robert McKim collapsed and died at New York’s elite Metropolitan Club.