About This Artwork

Frederick W. Macmonnies
American, 1863-1937
Cast by E. Gruet Jeune Foundry in Paris

Nathan Hale, modeled 1890, cast after 1890

Bronze
h. 72.4 cm (28 1/2 in.)
Inscribed on right side of base: "F. MacMonnies 1890"

Foundry (stamped, left rear): "E. Gruet Jeune, Paris"
Gift of Robert Allerton, 1923.1840

Unknown 784; Unknown 1160

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Publication History

Judith A. Barter et al, American Arts at The Art Institute of Chicago: From Colonial Times to World War I (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1998), pp. 278-280, no. 138.

Ownership History

Robert Allerton, Chicago, by 1923; given to the Art Institute, 1923.