Sanford Robinson Gifford

Launt Thompson (1833-1894)
Date: 1871
Dimensions: 22 1/2 H x 14 W x 9 1/2 Dia.
Materials: Bronze
Marks:

Inscribed below right shoulder: S.R. Gifford. / by / L. Thompson S.C. / 1871
Provenance: There appears to have been only two examples of this bronze cast by Thompson. This example descended through the Gifford Family. The second example is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the gift of Mrs. Richard Butler, 1902.
Credit: Albany Institute of History & Art Purchase
Accession Number: 1987.14.2