Hagar, by Edmonia Lewis, 1875
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Hagar

Edmonia Lewis (born Greenbush (now Rensselaer), NY 1844-died London, England 1907)

1875

Medium
carved marble
Classification
Sculpture
Dimensions
52 5/8 x 15 1/4 x 17 1/8 in. (133.6 x 38.8 x 43.4 cm.)
Museum
Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Painting and Sculpture
Credit line
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
Rights
CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
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About this work

"I have strong sympathy for all women who have struggled and suffered." --Edmonia Lewis, 1871