Abbott Handerson Thayer, Stevenson Memorial
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Abbott Handerson Thayer

Stevenson Memorial

1903

Current Collection

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C., United States

Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
207.2 × 152.6 cm
Status
In Museum Collection
Collect24 Art ID
C24-134507

Apart from the title, our only clue to the subject of this work is the inscription "VAEA," the name of the mountain in Samoa where Robert Louis Stevenson is buried. Stevenson's poetic tales of men at war with themselves had dazzled Abbott Handerson Thayer, whose own life was marked by exaltation and despair. And, like the Scotsman's most memorable characters, the Stevenson Memorial carries a hidd…

Provenance

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of John Gellatly

Registry history

  • 1903 — Recorded in the collection of Smithsonian American Art Museum

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