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Francis " Fanny " Cadwallader Crowninshield (Mrs. John Quincy Adams II )
Richard Saltonstall Greenough (1819–1904)
about 1849
Object Place: Florence or Rome, Italy
Medium/Technique
Marble
Dimensions
30.48 x 33.02 x 15.24 cm (12 x 13 x 6 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Fanny Crowninshield Mason
Accession Number1994.314
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsSculpture
DescriptionA third-life-sized bust of a young girl, about ten years old, with her hair pulled back in two lateral plaits across the top of her neck; it then falls loose down the front of her shoulders; a ribbon also decorates her hair on the proper left side behind her ear.
ProvenanceInherited by the donor, Fanny Crowninshield Mason, from the original owner and sitter, Mrs. John Quincy Adams II, her grandmother and namesake.