Hiram PowersAmerican, 1805–1873Anna Hazard Barker Ward
May one see it?
Yes, on view now
Where is “Anna Hazard Barker Ward” now? Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor, 17B, Washington, D.C. Yes, on view now. Checked September 25, 2026.
Washington, D.C., United States
RoomLuce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor, 17B
On public display.
- Checked
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
About the sculpture
In 1837, Boston-born Anna Hazard Barker toured Europe with friends. While there, she met her future husband Samuel Gray Ward, who worked for a British banking firm. When she visited Hiram Powers’s studio in Florence, he offered to model her portrait free of charge. He was still working on this when Anna returned to America, and so he asked her to have a cast taken of her face and sent to him for reference. Powers felt that her features embodied the essence of womanhood, and her portrait was the inspiration for his first ideal bust. The artist’s second daughter was born while he was working on this piece, and named Anna Barker Powers in honor of Powers’s friendship with Mrs. Ward.
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Particulars
- Accession number
- 1968.155.35
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Image: Smithsonian American Art Museum — CC0
