My mother submitted photos of me to a library solicitation for consideration in the choosing of a model for a well known sculptor and artist of the times.
Artist: Haynsworth Baldrey - 1885-1946
Collections
Location: Art & Artist files at the Smithsonian American Art Museum/ National Portrait Gallery Library
DATA: Smithsonian Institution Libraries
Newspaper clipping (was glued into scrapbook and then later torn out)
He sent this letter with a photo of the finished art
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Back of photo
Fountain Figure
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I wish by posting this, you could find out what happened to the fountain! Wouldn't that be so cool???
ReplyDeleteThis is so neat! I'm always amazed with your Flashback Friday posts!!
ReplyDeleteHow neat to be "immortalized" like this on a statue! Enjoyed your Flashback Friday!
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That is amazing! You were a very beautiful baby and this is quite an honor! How nice to have the letter and clipping! WOW!
ReplyDeleteWow, what a great and interesting story! Thank for sharing all these with us.
ReplyDeleteI'm visiting from Martha's today...what an interesting story! I actually live in North Jersey, not far from Newton so that interested me as well.
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What a tremendous honor, even to this day!
ReplyDeleteI love the style of Baldrey's letter, don't you? I suspect people took so much more care with the written word than they do now ... a kinder, more respectful tone.
That's amazing! I can see why he wanted you as a model. You were a darling baby! How exciting for you!
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That's neat!!
ReplyDeleteThat is very cool. Would love to know what happened to the statue.
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