CultureAmerican
Titles
- Fireback
Datec. 1759–1760
Probable placeMassachusetts, United States
MediumCast iron
Dimensions27 × 23 in. (68.6 × 58.4 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Miss Ima Hogg
Object numberB.58.94
Current Location
Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens
Pine Room
Exposé
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Department
Bayou BendObject Type
Provenance[Carl and Celia Jacobs, Southwick, Massachusetts]; purchased by Miss Ima Hogg, 1958; given to MFAH, by 1966.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in band around portrait: In Mem y of Maj\r Gen\l JAMES.WOLFE at Quebec Sep 11 1759
Inscribed in cartouche: GR
Inscribed in cartouche: GR
[no marks]
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