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Robert Louis Stevenson

Augustus Saint-Gaudens

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Circular bronze plaque with raised relief portrait of a man with short hair sitting in a chair with writing on the top left and illegible text. The plaque has a wooden frame with a grooved inner edge. The man wears a collared jacket. His right arm rests on the arm of the chair. His left arm extends across the bottom of the plaque. The background behind the man consists of horizontal and vertical lines possibly indicating a wall.

Artwork details

Date:
1887–88; cast 1910
Medium:
Bronze
Culture:
American
Dimensions:
600 × 540 px
Museum record:
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