Object Details
- Artist
- Una Hanbury, 1904 - 9 Feb 1990
- Sitter
- Rachel Louise Carson, 27 May 1907 - 14 Apr 1964
- Exhibition Label
- Alarmed by the widespread use of chemical pesticides like DDT, Rachel Carson helped spark a mass movement for environmentalism with Silent Spring (1962). A forceful critique of the chemical industry and agribusiness, the bestselling book also faulted the government for allowing the use of such pesticides without considering their long-term effects. Carson insisted on the public’s right to know how they impacted ecosystems and human health. “If we are going to live so intimately with these chemicals— eating and drinking them, taking them into the very marrow of our bones,” she warned, “we had better know something about their nature and their power.”
- Alarmada por el extendido uso de pesticidas químicos como el DDT, Rachel Carson contribuyó a encender la chispa de un movimiento ambientalista masivo con Primavera silenciosa (1962). El exitoso libro, una fuerte crítica a la industria química y la agroindustria, culpaba al gobierno de permitir el uso de tales pesticidas sin considerar sus efectos a largo plazo. Carson insistía en que el público tenía derecho a saber cómo impactaban estas prácticas los ecosistemas y la salud humana. “Si vamos a vivir tan íntimamente con estas sustancias, comiéndolas y bebiéndolas, asimilándolas hasta la médula de nuestros huesos”, advirtió, “será mejor que sepamos algo sobre su índole y su poder”.
- Provenance
- Una Hanbury [1904-1990]; purchased NPG 1966
- Credit Line
- National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
- 1965
- Object number
- NPG.66.19
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Sculpture
- Medium
- Bronze
- Dimensions
- With Base: 48.6 x 21 x 15.6cm (19 1/8 x 8 1/4 x 6 1/8")
- Without Base: 28.3 x 21 x 15.6cm (11 1/8 x 8 1/4 x 6 1/8")
- Base: 20.3 x 15.2 x 15.2cm (8 x 6 x 6")
- Place
- United States\District of Columbia\Washington
- See more items in
- National Portrait Gallery Collection
- Location
- Currently not on view
- National Portrait Gallery
- Topic
- Rachel Louise Carson: Female
- Rachel Louise Carson: Arts and Culture\Literature\Writer\Scientific writer
- Rachel Louise Carson: Social Welfare and Reform\Reformer\Environmentalist
- Rachel Louise Carson: Science and Technology\Scientist\Naturalist
- Rachel Louise Carson: Science and Technology\Scientist\Biologist
- Rachel Louise Carson: Science and Technology\Scientist\Biologist\Marine Biologist
- Rachel Louise Carson: Civilian awards\Presidential Medal of Freedom
- Portrait
- Record ID
- npg_NPG.66.19
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4a8f41103-d714-4711-9baf-f318d7e5da9f
