Smithsonian American Art Museum

Cast of an Unidentified Baby's Left Hand and Forearm (first and little fingers missing)

Hiram Powers, born Woodstock, VT 1805-died Florence, Italy 1873

n.d.

Attribution

Hiram Powers, born Woodstock, VT 1805-died Florence, Italy 1873

Medium

plaster, string, and metal

Physical dimensions

overall: 1 5/8 x 6 x 2 1/4 in. (4.2 x 15.3 x 5.8 cm) part A (hand): 1 5/8 x 6 x 2 1/4 in. (4.2 x 15.3 x 5.8 cm) part B (ring finger): 3/8 x 1 x 1/2 in. (1.0 x 2.5 x 1.3 cm)

Credit line

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase in memory of Ralph Cross Johnson