Bust of Mrs. Edmund Gibson Munson (Grace Llewellyn Kernan, 1881-1967)

Description Mrs. Munson (née Grace Llewellyn Kernan) of Utica, New York, was a niece of Michael Jenkins of Baltimore, a lifelong friend of Henry Walters. Miller was a graduate ('00) of the Rinehart School of Sculpture at the Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore. He traveled to Paris on a scholarship from the school between 1900 and 1905. He is responsible for the Star-Spangled Banner Centennial Monument in Patterson Park, which was dedicated in 1914, during the city's centennial celebration of the War of 1812.

Exhibitions

• The Allure of Bronze. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1995.

Provenance Henry Walters, Baltimore, 15 February 1909 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Inscriptions [Signature] J. Mx Miller '08

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters, 1909