Object Details
- Artist
- Paul Manship, born St. Paul, MN 1885-died New York City 1966
- Sitter
- Robert P. Perkins
- Luce Center Label
- Robert P. Perkins (1862-1924) was president of the Bigelow-Hartford Carpet Company. Paul Manship’s medal shows Perkins as the American Red Cross commissioner in Italy during World War I. On the reverse, the Latin word caritas, or “charity,” accompanies the image of a fatherless family victimized by the war.
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the artist
- 1918
- Object number
- 1965.16.101
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Sculpture-Medal
- Medium
- bronze
- Dimensions
- 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm) diam.
- See more items in
- Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
- Department
- Painting and Sculpture
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Topic
- Figure group\female and child
- Occupation\military
- Allegory\quality\charity
- Portrait male\bust
- Record ID
- saam_1965.16.101
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7a31ee97a-3b6c-497d-b8be-c06e6c4aee16
