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Hope

Artist: Hiram S. Powers, American, 1805-1873
Medium: Marble
Place Made: USA
Dates: ca. 1869
Dimensions: 28 3/4 x 19 11/16 x 11 9/16 in. (73 x 50 x 29.4 cm)
Signature: Incised on back of bust: "H. POWERS Sculp"
Collections: American Art
Museum Location: This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
Accession Number: 21.244
Credit Line: Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund
Image: Overall, 21.244_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

Catalogue Description: Bust of female allegorical figure looking to left with a garment draped over her proper right shoulder, leaving her left breast exposed; she wears a five-pointed crown with an anchor in the center and five ball-like points connected by draped cord; her hair is gathered at the neck; supported on short pedestal. Condition: Good; object has been restored after a 1994 accident which resulted in several chips around crown and drapery edges.

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