Figure (Bird (eagle))

Museum Object Number 1959.2350

Object Name

Figure (Bird (eagle))

Category

Sculpture

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Wilhelm Schimmel (Artist)

Date of Death

1890

Place of Origin

Carlisle, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Origin Notes

Place of origin based on attribution to Schimmel or Mountz. Cumberland Valley.

Date

1865-1949

Subjects

Animals

Materials

Linden or basswood; Gesso; Paint

Dimensions (inches)

29.5 (H) , 35 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

74.93 (H) , 88.9 (W)

Measurement Notes

OW is wingspread.

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Ames, Kenneth L. 1977 Beyond Necessity: Art in the Folk Tradition.
• Published: p. 46, fig. 35.
[Article] Pass, Karl H. 2002 Wilhelm Schimmel: Cumberland County “Image Maker" (1817-1890). Cumberland County History. 19 (2)
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