Second version, on view at William Corcoran’s home, Washington, DC, ca. 1851-61

Second version, on view at William Corcoran’s home, Washington, DC, ca. 1851-61

William Corcoran moved The Greek Slave into the private gallery in his home in Washington, DC, a building that had formerly belonged to Massachusetts statesman Daniel Webster. Corcoran bought it in 1848 and hired architect James Renwick to remodel it. The Greek Slave was accommodated in a special recess at the end of the picture gallery. According to newspaper notices in the 1850s, the gallery was open to visitors on Tuesdays and Fridays from noon to 3 p.m.[1] The Corcoran house was demolished in 1922.



[1] “Correspondence from Baltimore,” Baltimore Sun, August 3, 1852, 4.

 

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