Scupltor Felix de Weldon and Bust of James Smithson

Summary

James Smithson bronze bust, commissioned by Paul E. Garber, historian emeritus at the National Air and Space Museum, made by sculptor Felix de Weldon, who stands next to it. De Weldon worked from an examination of Smithson's skull performed by Dr. J. Lawrence Angel, curator of Physical Anthropology in the National Museum of Natural History. Felix de Weldon also created the Iwo Jima Memorial

Subject

• Smithson, James 1765-1829
• Garber, Paul Edward 1899-1992
• National Air and Space Museum
• National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

• Featured in TORCH, June 1976
• Please note that the negative number on the back of the photograph is not the same as the digital file number.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 371 Box 2 Folder: June 1976 and Accession 11-009

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

1976

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

• Art
• Sculpture
• Smithson family
• Busts
• Anthropology
• Portraits
• Physical anthropology
• Art objects
• de Weldon, Felix
• Angel, J. Lawrence

Form/Genre

Photographic print

ID Number

75-6985-6

Physical description

Color: Black and White; Size: 8w x 10h; Type of Image: Bust; Medium: Photographic print

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