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Eagle

ClassificationsSCULPTURE
Dateca. 1800
Mediumred pine
Dimensionsoverall: 21 x 24 x 12 in. (53.3 x 61 x 30.5 cm.)
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Gail-Oxford Collection
Label TextCarved architectural decorations, such as this rather ferocious eagle, is among the earliest examples of surviving sculpture in America. With its gnarled talons and expertly defined feathers, neck, and head, this eagle is a fine specimen of wood-carving traditions in early America.
Status
On view
Object number2017.5.69
Photography © 2014 Fredrik Nilsen
Unknown, American, 18th Century
ca. 1780-1790
Object number: 2013.8
Desk
Unknown, American, 18th Century
ca. 1780
Object number: 2017.5.1
Windsor Armchair
Unknown, American, 18th Century
ca. 1780-1800
Object number: 2017.5.27
Berks County, Pennsylvania Painted Schrank
Unknown, American, 18th Century
1775
Object number: 2018.10
Side Chair
Unknown, American, 18th Century
1740-1765
Object number: 2016.11.18
Candlestand
Unknown, American, 18th Century
ca. 1735-1750
Object number: 2017.5.6
Chair
Unknown, American, 18th Century
1730-1760
Object number: 2017.5.70
Eagle
Unknown, American
ca. 1815
Object number: 2017.5.23
Photography © 2014 Fredrik Nilsen
Unknown, French, 18th Century
1690-1730
Object number: 11.1
Photography © 2014 Fredrik Nilsen
Unknown, French, 18th Century
1690-1730
Object number: 11.2
Well Head
Unknown, German, 18th Century
18th Century
Object number: 22.7
Hermes
Unknown, French, 18th Century
c. 1780s
Object number: 25.47