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Francis Melville
Artist
WA-00047594
Sculpture
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Works in Collection
4
Assets Indexed
6
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50%
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Authority Records (1)
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1 cross-verified · 5 single-source
- Is PublishedManual· 100%✓
- Birth yearWikidata· 92%
- Death yearWikidata· 92%
- NationalityWikidata· 92%
- Primary mediumWikidata· 92%
- LocationWikidata· 80%
Source Registry (1)
- SmithsonianTier 1 · Institutional85%
About
Why this artist matters now
Francis Melville was an American sculptor active in the late nineteenth century, based in Brooklyn. Working primarily in marble and bronze, he produced portrait busts and monumental public commissions characteristic of academic sculptural practice. Little detailed documentation of his oeuvre survives, though his work represents the formal sculptural traditions that dominated American art institutions in the decades following the Civil War.
Source: Smithsonian Institution · Trust score: 85% · Updated 10d ago
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
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