Gorham Manufacturing Company / Young Sophocles Leading the Chorus of Victory after the Battle of Salamis / modeled 1885, cast 1911

Gorham Manufacturing Company
Young Sophocles Leading the Chorus of Victory after the Battle of Salamis
modeled 1885, cast 1911
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Creator Name: Gorham Manufacturing Company
Creator Nationality: North American; American
Creator Role: Foundry
Creator Dates/Places: American; founded 1818 North and Central America,North America,United Sta
Creator Active Place: North and Central America,North America,United Sta
Creator Name-CRT: Gorham Manufacturing Company
Creator Name: Donoghue, John
Creator Role: Sculptor
Creator Dates/Places: American; 1853-1903 North and Central America,North America,United Sta
Creator Name-CRT: John Donoghue
Title: Young Sophocles Leading the Chorus of Victory after the Battle of Salamis
Title Type: preferred
View: Front view
Creation Start Date: 1911
Creation End Date: 1911
Creation Date: modeled 1885, cast 1911
Creation Place: North and Central America,North America,United States
Object Type: Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
Classification Term: Bronze
Materials and Techniques: bronze with green patina
Dimensions: height x width x depth:93 1/4 x 50 x 32 in. (236.9 x 127 x 81.3 cm)
Inscriptions: Marked on right side: "{Sigma}OOOK{Lambda}H{Sigma}" (middle O had a vertical line running through it)Marked on left side: "{Sigma}A{Lambda}AMI{Sigma}"
AMICA Contributor: The Art Institute of Chicago
Owner Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA
ID Number: 1911.583
Credit Line: The Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Robert Allerton
Rights: http://www.artic.edu/aic/rights/main.rights.html
Context: From the plaster given by the World's Columbian Exposition Dec., 1893.Bronze sculpture cast in 1911 from plaster of 1885.
AMICA ID: AIC_.1911.583
AMICA Library Year: 1999
Media Metadata Rights: Copyright The Art Institute of Chicago, 1999

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