Object Details
- Artist
- William Ordway Partridge, born Paris, France 1861-died New York City 1930
- Sitter
- Percy B. Shelley
- Luce Center Label
- William Ordway Partridge created numerous idealized portraits of famous writers, musicians, and artists. He used his own experience as a writer and poet to model sensitive images of the artists, often portraying them deep in thought. In this portrait the English poet Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822) is shown with a downward gaze and slightly tilted head. His dreamy expression evokes a sense of introspection, as if he is away in a world of his own.
- Luce Object Quote
- “Eternal Soul of man, how strong to save!How strong to live, outlasting death’s great pain!Remembering Shelley’s triumph, we grow braveTo barter life itself for surer gain-Since joy beyond all vision rent the night,When that swift spirit melted into light.”From the poem “Shelley” by William Partridge, Archives of American Art
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. William Ordway Partridge
- copyrighted 1899
- Object number
- 1994.73
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Sculpture
- Medium
- plaster
- Dimensions
- 23 1/4 x 13 x 10 1/2 in. (59.1 x 33.0 x 26.8 cm.)
- See more items in
- Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
- Department
- Painting and Sculpture
- On View
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor, 20A
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Topic
- Occupation\writer\poet
- Portrait male\bust
- Record ID
- saam_1994.73
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk75baf2753-63af-41c8-950e-6b9590932abe
