Daniel Draper

Description:

This plaster bust of Daniel Draper (1841-1931), the New York scientist who established a Meteorological Observatory in Central Park in 1868, was probably a study or model for the bronze bust that was installed in the Observatory in 1938. It was done by Alexander Sambugnac (1888-1965) under the aegis of the Federal Art Project. Sambugnac was a native of Zemun, a town once in Serbia but later in Yugoslavia. He moved to the United States in 1921, after having studied art in Budapest, Munich, and Paris.

Ref: G. Piccoli to Alexander Sambugnac, May 23, 1938, in Alexander Sambugnac papers, Archives of American Art.

Date Made: 1930s

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: New York, New York City

Subject: Meteorology

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Credit Line: John William Christopher Draper and James Christopher Draper

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: PH.333966Accession Number: 304826Catalog Number: 333966

Object Name: bust

Physical Description: plaster (overall material)paint (overall material)cardboard (overall material)brass (overall material)Measurements: average spatial: 30 1/2 in x 24 in x 14 1/2 in; 77.47 cm x 60.96 cm x 36.83 cmoverall: 30 in x 25 1/2 in x 14 in; 76.2 cm x 64.77 cm x 35.56 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-4089-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1079366

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