Sappho

Vinnie Ream, Sappho, ca. 1870, marble, 66 3⁄8 x 23 7⁄8 x 21 in. (168.4 x 63.5 x 53.2 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Brigadier General Richard L. Hoxie, 1915.6.1
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Artwork Details

Title
Sappho
Artist
Date
ca. 1870
Location
Dimensions
66 3⁄8 x 23 7⁄8 x 21 in. (168.4 x 63.5 x 53.2 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Brigadier General Richard L. Hoxie
Mediums
Mediums Description
marble
Classifications
Subjects
  • Figure female
  • Dress — historic — classical dress
  • Allegory — arts and sciences — poetry
  • Occupation — writer — poet
  • Mythology — classical — muse
  • Mythology — classical — Sappho
Object Number
1915.6.1
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1915.6.1

Works by this artist (11 items)

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Charles Wellington Furlong, Hard Going on the Bog Lands of Tierra del Fuego, 1909, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1985.66.387,779
Hard Going on the Bog Lands of Tierra del Fuego
Artist
Date1909
oil on canvas
Not on view
Charles Wellington Furlong, Aanakin, 1908, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1985.66.387,773
Aanakin
Artist
Date1908
oil on canvas
Not on view
Charles Wellington Furlong, A Titan of the Patagonian Pampas, 1908, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Museum of Natural History, Department of Anthropology, Smithsonian Institution, 1985.66.387,776
A Titan of the Patagonian Pampas
Artist
Date1908
oil on canvas
Not on view
Charles Wellington Furlong, Onas on the March, 1908, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Museum of Natural History, Department of Anthropology, Smithsonian Institution, 1985.66.387,775
Onas on the March
Artist
Date1908
oil on canvas
Not on view