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Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson

Robert Louis Stevenson

Artist (American, born Ireland, 1848–1907)
Date1887–88, this cast 1895–1926
MediumBronze
Dimensionsoverall: 17 9/16 x 17 3/16 in. (44.6 x 43.7cm)
other: 1/2 in. (1.3cm)
frame: 24 1/8 x 27 7/8 in. (61.3 x 70.8cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineGift of Norman and Judith Topper
Object number97.8
On View
On view
ProvenanceEdward Spitzer, New York, ca. 1920; to sister Charlotte Spitzer, New York, 1930; to husband William Porges, to wife Mildred Topper Porges, New York, 1955; to son Norman Topper, Pittsboro, NC, 1972; given to NCMA, 1997.
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