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Sappho, Erastus Dow Palmer, 1855; carved 1861
Erastus Dow Palmer, portraitErastus Dow PalmerAmerican, 1817–1904

Sappho

1855; carved 1861 · Sculpture

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Yes, receiving visitors

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, United States

Room736

On public display.

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Particulars

Accession number
1986.85

What it shows

Woman

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SculptureMarbleRealism19th centuryAmerican

Sources

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Nettie Fowler McCormick, Erastus Dow Palmer, 1866

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Morning, Erastus Dow Palmer, c. 1850

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Evening; Morning, Erastus Dow Palmer, c. 1850

Evening; Morning

c. 1850 · Not on view · The Cleveland Museum of Art

Evening, Erastus Dow Palmer, c. 1850

Evening

c. 1850 · Not on view · The Cleveland Museum of Art

Evening Star, Erastus Dow Palmer, c. 1851–55

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c. 1851–55 · Not on view · Minneapolis Institute of Art

Portrait of Peter Monteath, Erastus Dow Palmer, 1861-1862

Portrait of Peter Monteath

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June, Erastus Dow Palmer, 1865

June

1865 · Smithsonian American Art Museum

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Asher Brown Durand

Landscape—Scene from "Thanatopsis", 1850

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