Bust of Martha Baker Swinburne

Painting and Sculpture of Europe

c. 1778

Christopher Hewetson (Irish, c. 1739–1798)

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Painting and Sculpture of Europe

Artist: Christopher Hewetson
Title: Bust of Martha Baker Swinburne
Place: Ireland (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1773–1783
Medium: Bronze
Inscriptions: Inscribed: Luigi Valadier (foundry mark)
Dimensions: H.: 49.5 cm (19 1/2 in.); With base: 62.2 × 33 cm (24 1/2 × 13 in.)
Credit Line: Wirt D. Walker Endowment
Reference Number: 1963.259
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M. and C. Sestieri, Rome, by 1962 [according to annotation on incoming shipping receipt, copy in curatorial file as Geog Raphael Donner]; sold to the Art Institute, 1963.

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