Bust of Dr. Dio Lewis

1868

36.2 cm 57.2 cm 22 cm

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Edmonia Lewis was the first African American sculptor to receive international recognition. Born in Greenbush, New York, to a Haitian father of African descent and a mother of Native American and African American descent, Lewis spent a brief time in Boston studying with the sc...

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A. A. Child's and Co., Boston, January 1868; New York City, February 1868; Steven L. Jones, Philadelphia, 2002 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 2002, by purchase.
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