Shipwrecked Mother and Child
Artist
Edward Augustus Brackett
(American, 1818–1908)
Date1848–1851
Mediumwhite marble
Dimensionssculpture: 182.9 x 84.2 x 59.7 cm (72 x 33 1/8 x 23 1/2 in.)
base: 188.6 x 87 x 13.7 cm (74 1/4 x 34 1/4 x 5 3/8 in.)
base: 188.6 x 87 x 13.7 cm (74 1/4 x 34 1/4 x 5 3/8 in.)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineGift of Edward Augustus Brackett
Object number1904.64
ProvenancePurchased by Boston Athenaeum, November 1852; then deaccessioned from Athenaeum collection 1902 and returned to artist; and Gifted by Edward Augustus Brackett, Boston MA to the Worcester Art Museum, 1904.On View
On viewCollections
Hiram Powers
designed 1846; sculpted 1846–1847
