Acquired by A. T. Stewart, New York, 1859

Acquired by A. T. Stewart, New York, 1859

Miss A. E. Coleman, winner of The Greek Slave at the Cosmopolitan Art Association prize-draw in Sandusky, 1858, sold her statue to the department-store millionaire Alexander Turney Stewart (1803­–76). (See Martina Droth’s essay.)  Newspapers sarcastically wondered if Stewart would dress the statue in crinoline and display it in his dry-goods store.

 

 

 

 

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Matthew Brady, *A. T. Stewart*, 1856. Photograph. Getty Images.
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“Classical Art and Crinoline,” *New York Times*, May 25, 1859, 1.
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“Summary,” *New York Observer and Chronicle*, May 26, 1859, 166.
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“Editorial Etchings,” *Cosmopolitan Art Journal* 3, June 1859, 139.
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