Eagle

Arts of the Americas

1870–1900

John Haley Bellamy
American, 1836–1914
Probably Kittery Point, Maine

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Arts of the Americas

Artist: John Haley Bellamy (Sculptor)
Title: Eagle
Place: Kittery Point (Object made in)
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.: c. 1870–1900
Medium: Pine, paint, and gold leaf
Dimensions: 53.3 × 152.4 ✕ 15.2 cm (21 × 60 ✕ 6 in.)
Credit Line: Bequest of Elizabeth R. Vaughan
Reference Number: 1950.1980
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Judith A. Barter and Monica Obniski, “For Kith and Kin: The Folk Art Collection at the Art Institute of Chicago,” (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago/Yale University Press, 2012) no. 42.
Mark Pohlad, “Shooting and Collecting the Great Depression: A Review of ‘Photography + Folk Art’ at the Art Institute,” Newcity Art, last modified Oct. 15, 2019, https://art.newcity.com/2019/10/15/shooting-and-collecting-the-great-depression-a-review-of-photography-folk-art-at-the-art-institute, ill.
Karla Klein Albertson, “Photography + Folk Art,” Antiques and the Arts Weekly, Nov. 19, 2019, https://www.antiquesandthearts.com/photography-folk-art.

Art Institute of Chicago, Photography + Folk Art: Looking for America in the 1930s, Sept. 21, 2019–Jan. 19, 2020, no cat.

Elizabeth Vaughan (born Tyson, 1871–1949), South Berwick, ME, and Sherborn, MA, by 1949 [incoming permanent receipt R9946, Jan. 11, 1950; copy in curatorial object file]; bequeathed to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1950.

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