<I>George Scott Winslow</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1866
name: label: Created by
content: Edmonia Lewis, American, 1844 - 1907
label: Subject of
content: George Scott Winslow, American, 1862 - 1931
notes: label: Caption
content: Edmonia Lewis is one of the most important American sculptors of the 19th century. The free-born child of an African American man and a Chippewa woman, Lewis was also known by her tribal name, Wildfire. After studies at Oberlin College and apprenticeships in Boston, she moved to Rome and joined a community of American expatriate artists. Portrait medallions like this one are extremely rare in her oeuvre.
label: Caption
content: The subject, George Scott Winslow, was the son of a merchant from a prominent Boston family.
label: Description
content: A marble bas relief medallion with a profile of a young boy (George Scott Winslow) created by Edmonia Lewis in Rome, 1866. The medallion is circular and carved in white marble. Around the medallion edge is a concave border with a raised rim. Incised text under the portrait bust reads "EDMONIA LEWIS. SC. 1866. ROME."
place: label: Place made
content: Rome, Italy, Europe
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Art
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Visual Arts
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2018.29
objectType: label: Type
content: bas-reliefs
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: marble
label: Dimensions
content: Diameter and Depth: 13 5/8 × 1 1/2 in. (34.6 × 3.8 cm)