First version, on view at John Grant’s home, London, 1856–58
First version, on view at John Grant’s home, London, 1856–58
Publisher John Murray’s annual guides to London indicate that The Greek Slave was again available for viewing at John Grant’s home at 7 Hyde Park Street after its return from Paris.[1] In May 1858, Grant wrote to Powers: “Your beautiful ‘Slave’ still occupies a conspicuous place at my house and at this moment an artist is engaged in taking a photograph of it.”[2]
[1] Peter Cunningham, London in 1856 (London: John Murray, 1856).
[2] Grant to Powers, May 14, 1858, Hiram Powers Papers, box 4, folder 54, frames 24–25, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
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