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New photography by Ed Pollard captured with a digital camera-2008.
Silence
New photography by Ed Pollard captured with a digital camera-2008.
New photography by Ed Pollard captured with a digital camera-2008.

Silence

Artist Joseph Mozier (American, 1812-1890)
CultureAmerican
Date19th century
MediumMarble
DimensionsOverall: 67 7/8 x 20 3/8 x 20 3/8 in. (172.4 x 51.8 x 51.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of James H. Ricau and Museum purchase
Object number86.489
Not on view
DescriptionMarble standing figure sculpture of Silence, a female holding her finger to her lips.

Exhibition History"The Ricau Collection," The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, Va., February 26 - April 23, 1989. Published ReferencesH. Nichols B. Clark, "Pairs of sculptures collected by James Ricau," THE MAGAZINE ANTIQUES, November 1997, 700-705.
Image scanned and/or photographed, then color-corrected by Pat Cagney.
Joseph Mozier
1855
4x5 transparency scanned on Hasselblad Flextight X1 by Ed Pollard-2017.
Joseph Mozier
1870s
Image scanned and/or photographed, then color-corrected by Pat Cagney.
Joseph Mozier
1869
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Joseph Mozier
modeled ca. 1857–58, remodeled 1864, carved 1866
Image scanned from a transparency and color-corrected by Ed Pollard-2008.
Joseph Mozier
modeled ca. 1857, carved 1868
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Joseph Mozier
modeled ca. 1854, carved 1855
4x5 transparency scanned on Hasselblad Flextight X1 by Ed Pollard-2019.
Alexander Galt
1852
New photography by Ed Pollard captured with a digital camera-2008.
Chauncey Bradley Ives
modeled ca. 1862-68, carved 1871
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
William Henry Rinehart
1872
New photography by Ed Pollard captured with a digital camera-2008.
William Henry Rinehart
ca. 1860s
Image scanned and/or photographed, then color-corrected by Pat Cagney.
Chauncey Bradley Ives
modeled ca. 1880-82
Image scanned and/or photographed, then color-corrected by Pat Cagney.
William Henry Rinehart
modeled ca. 1859, carved ca. 1870