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Eagle

Maker Unknown, American, 18th Century

Collections

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

Status

On view

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.

Object number2017.5.69

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