![Jean Antoine Houdon - [Plaster copy of statue of George Washington]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NTkvMDEvMDEvcGxhc3Rlci1jb3B5LW9mLXN0YXR1ZS1vZi1nZW9yZ2Utd2FzaGluZ3Rvbi02NDAuanBn/320/395/jpg "Jean Antoine Houdon - [Plaster copy of statue of George Washington]")
Related
![[Main Reading Room. Portrait statue of Henry along the balustrade. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMDcvMDEvMDEvbWFpbi1yZWFkaW5nLXJvb20tcG9ydHJhaXQtc3RhdHVlLW9mLWhlbnJ5LWFsb25nLXRoZS1iYWx1c3RyYWRlLWxpYnJhcnktb2YtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/30/webp "[Main Reading Room. Portrait statue of Henry along the balustrade. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.]")
Jean Antoine Houdon - [Plaster copy of statue of George Washington]
Summary
Photograph of plaster copy of a statue by William Hubard after an original by Jean-Antoine Houdon showing George Washington standing, dressed in his Revolutionary War uniform, holding a walking cane in one hand, resting his other hand on a fasces representing civil authority; statue was formerly located in the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol but was moved to the Smithsonian American Art Museum in 1950.
In album: Benjamin Brown French "Photographs," p. 17.
Reference copy in LOT 12251, v. 1.
Original in PR 12 LOT 12251.
Tags
Date
01/01/1859
Contributors
Houdon, Jean Antoine, 1741-1828, sculptor
Hubard, William James, 1807-1862, sculptor
Location
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on publication.
