Sir William Blackstone
1923
Sculptor, American, 1865 - 1925
Artwork overview
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Medium
bronze
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Credit Line
Corcoran Collection (Gift of Mrs. Armistead Peter III [Caroline Ogden-Jones Peter])
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Dimensions
overall: 85.09 × 38.1 × 31.75 cm (33 1/2 × 15 × 12 1/2 in.)
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Accession
2015.19.3775
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
The artist's widow, Suzanne Bartlett [1861-1954], Washington;[1] by inheritance to her daughter by her first husband, Mrs. Armistead Peter III [1894-1965, née Caroline Ogden-Jones], Washington; gift 1958 to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art.
[1] Born Suzanne Frisby Earle, Mrs. Bartlett was married three times, in 1890 to Mahlon Ogden-Jones (1849-1900), in 1903 to Samuel Franklin Emmons (1841-1911), and lastly, in 1913 to the sculptor, whose studio she continued to operate after his death in 1925.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1968
The Justice and the Palette, Carroll Reece Museum, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, 10 March - 28 April 1968, no. 40, repro.
Inscriptions
P.W.B. s.B 1923
Wikidata ID
Q63864320