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Caspar Buberl (American, born Bohemia, 1834-1899). <em>Statue of Robert Fulton</em>, 1872. Zinc, paint, lead-tin solder, plaster (repairs), height: 126 in., 2500 lb. (320 cm, 1133.99kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Museum of the City of New York, 2010.21. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2010.21.jpg)
Caspar Buberl (American, born Bohemia, 1834-1899). Statue of Robert Fulton, 1872. Zinc, paint, lead-tin solder, plaster (repairs), height: 126 in., 2500 lb. (320 cm, 1133.99kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Museum of the City of New York, 2010.21. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2010.21.jpg)
Caspar Buberl (American, born Bohemia, 1834-1899). <em>Statue of Robert Fulton</em>, 1872. Zinc, paint, lead-tin solder, plaster (repairs), height: 126 in., 2500 lb. (320 cm, 1133.99kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Museum of the City of New York, 2010.21. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2010.21.jpg)

Caspar Buberl (American, born Bohemia, 1834-1899). Statue of Robert Fulton, 1872. Zinc, paint, lead-tin solder, plaster (repairs), height: 126 in., 2500 lb. (320 cm, 1133.99kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Museum of the City of New York, 2010.21. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2010.21.jpg)

Caspar Buberl (American, born Bohemia, 1834-1899). <em>Statue of Robert Fulton</em>, 1872. Zinc, paint, lead-tin solder, plaster (repairs), height: 126 in., 2500 lb. (320 cm, 1133.99kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Museum of the City of New York, 2010.21. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2010.21_in_situ3.jpg)

Caspar Buberl (American, born Bohemia, 1834-1899). Statue of Robert Fulton, 1872. Zinc, paint, lead-tin solder, plaster (repairs), height: 126 in., 2500 lb. (320 cm, 1133.99kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Museum of the City of New York, 2010.21. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2010.21_in_situ3.jpg)

Caspar Buberl (American, born Bohemia, 1834-1899). <em>Statue of Robert Fulton</em>, 1872. Zinc, paint, lead-tin solder, plaster (repairs), height: 126 in., 2500 lb. (320 cm, 1133.99kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Museum of the City of New York, 2010.21. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2010.21_in_situ2.jpg)

Caspar Buberl (American, born Bohemia, 1834-1899). Statue of Robert Fulton, 1872. Zinc, paint, lead-tin solder, plaster (repairs), height: 126 in., 2500 lb. (320 cm, 1133.99kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Museum of the City of New York, 2010.21. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2010.21_in_situ2.jpg)

Caspar Buberl (American, born Bohemia, 1834-1899). <em>Statue of Robert Fulton</em>, 1872. Zinc, paint, lead-tin solder, plaster (repairs), height: 126 in., 2500 lb. (320 cm, 1133.99kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Museum of the City of New York, 2010.21. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2010.21_detail.jpg)

Caspar Buberl (American, born Bohemia, 1834-1899). Statue of Robert Fulton, 1872. Zinc, paint, lead-tin solder, plaster (repairs), height: 126 in., 2500 lb. (320 cm, 1133.99kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Museum of the City of New York, 2010.21. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2010.21_detail.jpg)

Caspar Buberl (American, born Bohemia, 1834-1899). <em>Statue of Robert Fulton</em>, 1872. Zinc, paint, lead-tin solder, plaster (repairs), height: 126 in., 2500 lb. (320 cm, 1133.99kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Museum of the City of New York, 2010.21. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2010.21_in_situ1.jpg)

Caspar Buberl (American, born Bohemia, 1834-1899). Statue of Robert Fulton, 1872. Zinc, paint, lead-tin solder, plaster (repairs), height: 126 in., 2500 lb. (320 cm, 1133.99kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Museum of the City of New York, 2010.21. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2010.21_in_situ1.jpg)

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Statue of Robert Fulton

American Art

On View: American Art Galleries, 5th Floor, Visions and Myths of a Nation, 1800–1890
The Conservator's Eye

This statue portrays the American engineer and inventor Robert Fulton (1765–1815) with a model of his boat the Nassau, the first steam-powered ferry to operate between Manhattan and Brooklyn.

This sculpture is cast from zinc, a gray metal, which can be seen in areas where the paint has worn away. Pieces made of zinc can be joined by soldering, because of the metal’s low melting point. Using zinc to cast a sculpture in sections was easier, faster, and less expensive than using other traditional materials, such as bronze, which required casting the sculpture in one piece.
ARTIST Caspar Buberl, American, born Bohemia, 1834-1899
MANUFACTURER M. J. Seelig & Company, founded 1851
MEDIUM Zinc, paint, lead-tin solder, plaster (repairs)
DATES 1872
DIMENSIONS height: 126 in., 2500 lb. (320 cm, 1133.99kg)  (show scale)
MARKINGS Foundry mark inscribed in cursive on the left front self-base: "M.J. Seelig & c/Founder"
SIGNATURE Inscribed in cursive on the proper right self-base near the front corner : "C. Buberl / Sculptor"
COLLECTIONS American Art
MUSEUM LOCATION This item is on view in American Art Galleries, 5th Floor, Visions and Myths of a Nation, 1800–1890
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ACCESSION NUMBER 2010.21
CREDIT LINE Gift of the Museum of the City of New York
RIGHTS STATEMENT Creative Commons-BY
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CAPTION Caspar Buberl (American, born Bohemia, 1834-1899). Statue of Robert Fulton, 1872. Zinc, paint, lead-tin solder, plaster (repairs), height: 126 in., 2500 lb. (320 cm, 1133.99kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Museum of the City of New York, 2010.21. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2010.21.jpg)
IMAGE installation, CUR.2010.21.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2010
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Caspar Buberl (American, born Bohemia, 1834-1899). <em>Statue of Robert Fulton</em>, 1872. Zinc, paint, lead-tin solder, plaster (repairs), height: 126 in., 2500 lb. (320 cm, 1133.99kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Museum of the City of New York, 2010.21. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2010.21.jpg)

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