Sappho

Creator Name

Vinnie Ream, born Madison, WI 1847-died Washington, DC 1914

Cultural Context

Date

ca. 1870

Source

Smithsonian American Art Museum

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Title

Sappho

Creator

Vinnie Ream, born Madison, WI 1847-died Washington, DC 1914, Artist

Worktype

Sculpture; Sculpture

Cultural Context

Material

marble

Dimensions

66 3/8 x 23 7/8 x 21 in. (168.4 x 63.5 x 53.2 cm.)

Technique

Language

Date

ca. 1870

Provenance

Credit Line: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Brigadier General Richard L. Hoxie

Style Period

Rights

CC0

Inscription

Location

Source

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Subjects

Figure female; Dress\historic\classical dress; Allegory\arts and sciences\poetry; Occupation\writer\poet; Mythology\classical\muse; Mythology\classical\Sappho; Classical dress; Muses (Greek deities); Writers; Figure female; Occupations; Clothing and dress; Sappho; Mythology; Poetry; Allegory; History; Arts and sciences

Topic

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Vinnie Ream, born Madison, WI 1847-died Washington, DC 1914, Sappho, ca. 1870, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian Institution. CC0.

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