About the Artwork
Bust of Nelson
1824
William John Coffee
1774-1845
American
Unknown
Terracotta
Overall: 6 1/4 × 4 3/8 × 3 1/2 inches (15.9 × 11.1 × 8.9 cm)
Sculpture
American Art before 1950
Gift of Robert H. Tannahill
44.6
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Signed and dated, on back: W. J. Coffee Fecit | Newark | Oct. 23, 1824
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Provenance
Robert H. Tannahill
1944-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Richardson, E.P. “Bust of a Man by W.J. Coffee.” Bulletin of the DIA 23, 4 (January 1944): p. 32 (ill.).
Rutledge, Anna Wells. “William John Coffee as a Portrait Sculptor.” Gazette de Beaux Arts (November 1945): p. 312.
Groce, George C. “William John Coffee, Long Lost Sculptor.” American Collector 15 (May 1946): p. 14 (ill.).
Early New Jersey Artists. Newark, 1957, no. 14.
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William John Coffee, Bust of Nelson, 1824, terracotta. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Robert H. Tannahill, 44.6.
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