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Bust of Elizabeth Cady Stanton by Adelaide Johnson, 1890s

Object Details

Description
This marble bust of early woman’s rights leader and writer of the Declaration of Sentiments Elizabeth Cady Stanton was sculpted by Adelaide Johnson, a feminist and artist known as the “sculptress of the Woman’s Rights Movement.” Johnson’s most famous work is the portrait monument to Lucretia Mott, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony that sits in the Capitol Rotunda. This bust is very similar to the one in the Capitol and may have been a study for the Capitol bust or the bust Johnson exhibited at the Court of Honor of the Woman's Building at the World's Columbian Exhibition in 1893, on which the Capitol bust was based. It has been dated to between 1890 and 1920.
Location
Currently not on view
Data Source
National Museum of American History
depicted (sitter)
Stanton, Elizabeth Cady
artist
Johnson, Adelaide
maker
Johnson, Adelaide
Credit Line
Elizabeth Johnson Cristal
Physical Description
marble (overall material)
Measurements
overall approximately: 21 in x 21 in x 14 in; 53.34 cm x 53.34 cm x 35.56 cm
Object Name
bust

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