Object Record
Images
Metadata
Object Name |
Bust |
Title |
Alexander H. Stephens |
Catalog Number |
0985.03.00016 |
Date |
ca. 1858 |
Description |
Bust is a plaster portrait of a male subject with an extremely soft surface. The subject is shown in a head-on view wearing a classical stole type garment. Unsigned. Conservation measures done in February 1985 stabilized the piece and determined that the cast was probably never finished. Brass plate attached to base inscribed, "Hon. Alexander Stephens / Modeled by J.Q.A. Ward sculptor at the Stephens home / Crawfordsville GA A.D. 1858. Carved in marble and / presented to Mrs. Robert Toombs by Mr. Stephen A.D. 1859. / This the original bust is presented by the sculptor to / the Confederate Museum, Richmond, VA. A.D. 1909". |
Material |
plaster/Metal/Brass |
Dimensions |
H-23.5 W-16 D-9.5 inches |
Owned |
Mrs. Robert Toombs |
Made |
John Quincy Adams Ward, New York City, New York |
Provenance |
The bust's subject is Alexander H. Stephens, Vice President of the Confederate States of America, made by John Quincy Adams Ward, whose studio was in New York. Ward modeled the bust from life at sitter's home in Crawfordsville, Georgia in 1858. He later carved a marble bust and presented it to Mrs. Robert Toombs of Washington, Georgia. |
People |
Ward, John Quincy Adams Toombs, Robert, Mrs. Stephens, Alexander Hamilton |
Subjects |
Sculpture Art Vice presidents |