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Cast of the Right Hand and Wrist of Hiram Powers
From the collection of Smithsonian American Art Museum. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
This cast of the artist’s right hand was probably made around 1855 and was a study for a statue of the statesman Daniel Webster. The hand needed to be shown holding a piece of paper, so Powers made a cast of his own hand in the appropriate position as an aid in composing the finished sculpture.
Smithsonian American Art Museum’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineCast of the Right Hand and Wrist of Hiram Powers. ca. 1855. Hiram Powers, born Woodstock, VT 1805-died Florence, Italy 1873. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase in memory of Ralph Cross Johnson. CC0.
