Blind Homer Led by the Genius of Poetry
Object type: Sculpture
Department: The American Wing
Culture: American
Artist: Edward Sheffield Bartholomew
Artist bio: 1822–1858
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: American
Date: 1851
Medium: Marble
Dimensions: 29 3/4 x 20 3/8 in. (75.6 x 51.8 cm)
Framed: 36 1/2 x 27 1/8 x 3 3/4 in. (92.7 x 68.9 x 9.5 cm)
Credit line: Purchase, Morris K. Jesup Fund, and Gift of William Nelson, by  exchange, 1996
Accession year: 1996
Tags: Men|Authors|Homer