Hiram PowersUSA, 1805–1873Edmund Pendleton Gaines
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About the sculpture
After the War of 1812, General Edmund Pendleton Gaines was promoted to major general and received a gold medal for his service. During the Mexican War, he was court-martialed for failing to obey orders, but the charges were dropped after he defended his patriotism. This bust was modeled at the request of General Memucan Hunt, a soldier and politician who also sat for Hiram Powers. After the sculpture was completed, Powers described how General Gaines “brought a bevy of ladies . . . to look at his bust . . . and did everything but gobble while they praised it.”
Smithsonian American Art Museum
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- 1968.155.14
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- Smithsonian American Art Museum: the museum's own open data · hentet for 10 dage siden
- Billede: Smithsonian American Art Museum — CC0
