Provenance
Miss Pickman, Boston, for whom in progress August 1846;[1] by descent in the Pickman family, Boston; (sale, Northeast Auctions, 20-21 August 2005, 2nd day, no. 1099); Russell E. Burke III, by February 2006; (Michael Altman Fine Art & Advisory Services, New York), by October 2006; purchased 2008 by Ian M. [1940-2018] and Annette P. Cumming, Jackson, Wyoming; gift 2008 to NGA.
[1] In a letter of 1 August 1846 to Samuel Gridley Howe (his father-in-law), the artist writes that he has "just finished the model for Miss Pickman's statue..." and "The subject is David Triumphant." See Maude Howe Elliott, _My Cousin: F. Marion Crawford_, New York, 1934: 11, and Lauretta Dimmick, _A Catalogue of the Portrait Busts and Ideal Works of Thomas Crawford [1813?-1857], American Sculptor in Rome_, Ph.D. diss., University of Pittsburgh, 1986, 394-400, cat. 66.
Accession Number
2008.93.1
Medium
marble and bronze
Dimensions
height: 114.3 cm (45 in.)
Classification
Sculpture
Credit Line
Gift of Ian and Annette Cumming