Object Details
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- This portrait is a smaller version of a larger public sculpture that George Edwin Bissell created for the Trinity Church yard in New York. John Watts was a merchant and a politician noted for his philanthropy, including the establishment of a free clinic and orphanage. The sculptor, however, depicted the sitter in full judicial robes, emphasizing his legislative career rather than his social achievements.
- Data Source
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Artist
- George Edwin Bissell, born New Preston, CT 1839-died Mount Vernon, NY 1920
- Sitter
- John Watts
- Date
- cast 1891
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of John Watts De Peyster
- Medium
- bronze
- Dimensions
- 17 1/2 x 4 x 4 in. (44.5 x 10.2 x 10.2 cm)
- Type
- Sculpture
