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William Ordway Partridge
born Paris, France 1861-died New York City 1930

Of New England ancestry, Partridge was born in Paris, where his father was foreign representative of the merchant and art collector A. T. Stewart.

Person
William Ordway Partridge, Nearing Home, 1892, marble, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift from the Trustees of the Corcoran Gallery of Art (Gift of Mrs. William Ordway Partridge), 2020.20.229
Artwork
William Ordway Partridge, Bust of Percy Bysshe Shelly, copyrighted 1899, plaster, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. William Ordway Partridge, 1994.73
Bust of Percy Bysshe Shelly
copyrighted 1899

William Ordway Partridge created numerous idealized portraits of famous writers, musicians, and artists. He used his own experience as a writer and poet to model sensitive images of the artists, often portraying them deep in thought.

Artwork
William Ordway Partridge, James Smithson Memorial Tablet, modeled 1896, cast after 1900, plaster, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, 1969.193
James Smithson Memorial Tablet
modeled 1896, cast after 1900
Artwork
William Ordway Partridge, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, modeled by 1899, bronze, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. William Ordway Partridge, 1944.11.4
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
modeled by 1899

William Ordway Partridge modeled a series of portraits of English writers, including Keats, Milton, and Shelley. In these sculptures the facial features are clearly defined while the hair and clothing have been left rough.

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