Hiram Powers

Charles Francis Fuller, Hiram Powers, modeled ca. 1870, plaster, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase in memory of Ralph Cross Johnson, 1968.155.114
Copied Charles Francis Fuller, Hiram Powers, modeled ca. 1870, plaster, 10 3⁄8 x 8 5⁄8 x 10 3⁄8 in. (26.3 x 21.9 x 26.3 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase in memory of Ralph Cross Johnson, 1968.155.114
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Artwork Details

Title
Hiram Powers
Artist
Date
modeled ca. 1870
Location
Dimensions
10 3⁄8 x 8 5⁄8 x 10 3⁄8 in. (26.3 x 21.9 x 26.3 cm)
Credit Line
Museum purchase in memory of Ralph Cross Johnson
Mediums
Mediums Description
plaster
Classifications
Keywords
  • Occupation — art — sculptor
  • Portrait male — Powers, Hiram
  • Portrait male — Powers, Hiram — head
Object Number
1968.155.114
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1968.155.114

Artwork Description

This head of Hiram Powers is a cast of the portrait bust that Charles Fuller made of his teacher and friend. Fuller exhibited the terra-cotta bust from which this cast was made at the Royal Academy in 1873, the year of Powers’s death.