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Theodore Roosevelt Bust

Object numberMO 1941.5.10
Name Bust
Maker (American statue reproduction manufacturer, founded 1892)
Date1919
Mediumplaster, paint, metal
Dimensionsoverall H 9 1/2 in x W 8 in x D 4 3/8 in (24.1 cm x 20.3 cm x 11.1 cm )

DescriptionA small, bronze-colored painted plaster head and shoulders bust of Theodore Roosevelt. The front facing bust shows Roosevelt wearing a suit jacket, vest, shirt, and tie. The artist's signature and the date are on the reverse: Sarah Johnson Hart / © 1919. Affixed to a hole in the underside of the bust is a small, oval metal plate with the manufacturer's information: P.P. CAPRONI & BRO / CAPRONI / CASTS / BOSTON. Also on the underside is an adhesive sticker with a typed number: D-22-23.
Label TextArtist Sara Johnson (Mrs. John J.) Hart gave this bust of Theodore Roosevelt to Franklin D. Roosevelt in honor of an approaching re-election.
Additional Details
Custodial History NoteDeposited at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum by Franklin D. Roosevelt on July 20, 1940. It was donated as a bequest of FDR to the Library in 1947.
Credit LineEstate of Franklin D. Roosevelt
Use Restriction StatusUnrestrictedCopyrightReproduction or other use of these holdings or images thereof is unrestricted.
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