Sculpture
Evening
Sculpture
Details
- Author / creator
- Erastus Dow Palmer (American, 1817–1904)
- Object type
- Sculpture
- Date or period
- c. 1850
- Dimensions summary
- Framed: 72 × 5 cm; Diameter: 53.3 cm
- Primary material
- Marble
- Place of origin
- United States
- Acquisition method
- Purchase
- Credit line
- Purchased with the Hartley Bequest Fund, 1977
About this object
Early in his career, Palmer made cameo portraits-gems or shells carved in low relief. The delicate carving of his marble representations of Morning and Evening can probably be attributed to his early experience with cameos.
Materials and technique
Marble
