Artist/Maker
Ames Van Wart
(active 1871–1874)
Depicted
Mrs. John Theodore Saxe
(ca. 1850 - 1881)
Mrs. John Theodore Saxe (Mary Bosworth, ca. 1850–1881)
1871
Place madeNew York, New York, United States, North America
White marble
Overall: 26 1/2 x 17 1/2 x 12 in. ( 67.3 x 44.4 x 30.5 cm )
Gift of Mrs. John Godfrey Saxe
1956.115
Mary Bosworth was the daughter of Chief Justice Joseph Sollace Bosworth of the New York Superior Court. She married John Theodore Saxe (1843-81), a lumber merchant, on January 18, 1876. They had only one child, John Godfrey Saxe (1877-1953), who married Mary Sands, the donor, in 1909.
DescriptionPortrait bustSignedSigned on reverse of right shoulder: "Ames Van Wart. / N.Y. 1871"
ClassificationsSCULPTURE
