Hiram Powers: 6 works

'The father of the American school of Neoclassical sculptors, Hiram Powers presents the Christian virtues of Faith, Hope, and Charity. Basing his designs on ancient imperial portrait busts, he swathed the female personifications in simple Greco-Roman drapery.'

'Inscribed on rear of socle: HIRAM POWERS./ Sculp.'

'It was completed by his master carvers and shipped to Longworth's grandson, Nicholas Longworth II, who donated it to the Art Museum. Hiram Powers began his career as an apprentice to Luman Watson, a clock and organ maker, where he displayed a great talent in mechanical techniques.'

'Their uniformly smooth facial features and dignified, calm expressions are typical of Powers' "ideal heads."'

'The father of the American school of Neoclassical sculptors, Hiram Powers presents the Christian virtues of Faith, Hope, and Charity.'

'Of note is that Powers accomplished this effect from his vantage point of Florence, Italy, using an Italian woman as a model and creating a fantastical costume that never existed in any Native American culture (except for the Ohio moccasins she wears that apparently formed a part of Powers's studio collection).'