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Justin Smith Morrill
From the collection of Smithsonian American Art Museum. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Justin Smith Morrill spent most of his life in political service. Born in Strafford, Vermont, he became a prominent businessman and was elected to Congress, first as a representative and then as a senator. In this portrait, Preston Powers paid homage to Morrill’s political legacy by portraying him as a Roman statesman. His toga and stylized eyes hark back to the portrait busts of classical Rome, but his hairstyle and sideburns are of the nineteenth century.
Smithsonian American Art Museum’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineJustin Smith Morrill. 1875. Preston Powers, born Florence, Italy 1843-died Florence, Italy 1931. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Gladys Gleason Swan. CC0.
