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Inkwell: Self-portrait as a Sphinx.
1880
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Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
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Metadata
- Publisher
- 1880.
- People
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- Author
- Bernhardt, Sarah, 1844-1923
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Subject
- Bernhardt, Sarah, 1844-1923—Statues
- Self-portraits, French—19th century
- Sphinxes (Mythology) in art
- Books in art
- Inkwells—France—19th century—Specimens
- Portraits, French—19th century
- Actresses—France—19th century—Portraits
- Women sculptors—France—19th century—Portraits
- Women authors, French—19th century—Portraits
- Women authors, French—20th century—Portraits
- Women artists—France—19th century—Portraits
- Women artists—France—20th century—Portraits
- Women sculptors—France—20th century—Portraits
- Mythology, Classical, in art
- Sculpture, French—19th century—Specimens
- Gargoyles—France—19th century—Specimens
- Portraits
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Item Summary
Descriptive Information
- Title
- Inkwell: Self-portrait as a Sphinx.
- Call Number
- B-West 11, MOC01/Sculpture/Small/ 4907
- Identifier
- https://blogs.princeton.edu/graphicarts/2011/03/ink_well.html
- Publisher
- 1880.
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Date Created
- 1880
- Extent
- 1 item ; 13 x 13 1/2 x 14 1/2 in.. 33 x 34.3 x 36.8 cm.
- Source Acquisition
- Gift of Edmund H. Kase Jr., Princeton University Class of 1926.
- References
- See Museum Objects Description File.
- Rights Statement
- No Known Copyright
- Notes
- Medium: Castings, Bronze (metal)
- Signed on base.
- Provenance: Bernhardt's letter (in French, 1881) presenting the statuette to Joel Cook, grandfather of Edmund Case, the donor, is in Theatre's miscellaneous manuscripts collection (TC097).
Discovery Information
- Subject
- Bernhardt, Sarah, 1844-1923—Statues
- Self-portraits, French—19th century
- Sphinxes (Mythology) in art
- Books in art
- Inkwells—France—19th century—Specimens
- Portraits, French—19th century
- Actresses—France—19th century—Portraits
- Women sculptors—France—19th century—Portraits
- Women authors, French—19th century—Portraits
- Women authors, French—20th century—Portraits
- Women artists—France—19th century—Portraits
- Women artists—France—20th century—Portraits
- Women sculptors—France—20th century—Portraits
- Mythology, Classical, in art
- Sculpture, French—19th century—Specimens
- Gargoyles—France—19th century—Specimens
- Portraits
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 5
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
- IIIF Manifest URL
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/fb81d669-0d2f-4035-b5b9-82775436ea8d/manifest