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Bust of Mrs. Edmund Gibson Munson (Grace Llewellyn Kernan, 1881-1967)
(18th and 19th Centuries )
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.
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Provenance
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Henry Walters, Baltimore, 15 February 1909 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 1995 | The Allure of Bronze. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
Geographies
USA (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 15 1/2 × W: 8 9/16 × D: 3 9/16 in. (39.4 × 21.8 × 9 cm); H with base: 19 5/16 × W: 8 9/16 × D: 3 9/16 in. (49 × 21.8 × 9 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1909
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
28.1