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Robert Louis Stevenson

Augustus Saint-Gaudens

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image depicts a square wooden plaque with a circular bronze relief in the center. The plaque has a dark brown wood grain background and is mounted on a gray background. The circular relief features a raised image of a man sitting in a chair, wearing a suit and holding a book. The man has medium length hair. Behind the man is a table with an indistinguishable object on it. The relief also includes a paragraph of text, but it is too small to read. The circular relief has a decorative border around the edge. The plaque has a beveled edge and four small metal decorative pieces, one in each corner. The plaque is titled "Robert Louis Stevenson" and is created by "Augustus Saint-Gaudens".

Artwork Details

Date
1887–88, cast 1898
Medium
Bronze
Culture
American
Dimensions
541 × 624 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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