Robert Edwin Peary, 1856-1920, Rear Admiral, C.E.C., U.S.N.

Artist William Couper (American, 1853 - 1942)

CultureAmerican

Date1908-1942

MediumMarble

DimensionsOverall: 35 in. (88.9 cm)

InscribedOn the base under the chest is "PEARY". Signed "Wm Couper" right side.

Credit LineGift of the American Museum of Natural History

Object number60.68.1

Not on view

DescriptionMarble sculpture of Robert Edwin Peary, discoverer of the North Pole in 1908.

Exhibition HistoryAmerican Museum of Natural History, exhibited there until 1960. "Tidewater Artists" in Permanent Collection, July 3, 1968-August 31, 1968. Published ReferencesGeorge H. Tucker, MUSEUM NEWS, Norfolk, VA, Winter 1935, pg. 14, listed in article. Norfolk Museum BULLETIN, Vol. 2, no. 2.