Object number2023.5.2
The Forgotten Strain
Date1886
Artist
Virginia Chandler Titcomb
(1838 - 1912)
CultureAmerican
MediumBronze relief
DimensionsSight: 21 1/2 x 14 1/4 in. (54.6 x 36.2 cm)
Framed: 25 3/4 x 18 1/2 x 1 1/2 in. (65.4 x 47 x 3.8 cm)
Framed: 25 3/4 x 18 1/2 x 1 1/2 in. (65.4 x 47 x 3.8 cm)
Credit LinePurchase, Betsy Mudge Wilson, class of 1956, Memorial Fund
On View
Not on viewPeriod19th c
Classification(s)
SignedOn recto, incised lower left corner: Virginia Chandler. / Titcomb.
InscribedOn recto, incised lower left corner: [signature] / Sep. / 1886./ THE FORGOTTEN STRAIN / THE HENRY-BONNARD BRONZE CO. / N.Y. 1886
ProvenancePurchased from Hawthorne Fine Art, LLCDescriptionRendered in a dark brown bronze, a seated woman with long, flowing hair holds a lyre on her lap. She is in profile and wears a long classical-style dress and sandals. A booklet of music with titles "ORPHEUS." and "EURIDICE" lies open on the ground in the lower right corner.
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