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His portrait of the Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894), whom the artist greatly admired, was modeled from life while Stevenson was in New York, en route to a tuberculosis retreat upstate. The novelist and poet is shown in typical working mode, sitting up in bed, as his weak constitution often required. One of several versions of the portrait differing in size, inscription, and detail, this second variant was made from the original model, and this particular cast, commissioned by the <BR>businessman, collector, and Princeton graduate George A. Armour, is considered the finest of the type. The wooden mount surrounding it was designed by architect Stanford White (1853–1906), whose customized frames for numerous artist friends are distinguished for their sensitivity to the objects they embellish. </P></SPAN>","remarks":null},{"texttype":"Online","textpurpose":"Gallery Label","textentryhtml":"Among Saint-Gaudens’s strengths as a sculptor was his distinctive work in very low relief, which he employed to produce bronze portrait plaques and medallions notable for their naturalism, detail, and subtle effects—all in seeming contravention of their unyielding material. Saint-Gaudens’s portrait of the Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894) belongs to the tradition of the <i>portrait d’apparat</i>, in which sitters are depicted with attributes of their profession. Here, Stevenson is shown with pen and paper in hand, writing contemplatively from his bed, as his weak constitution often required. One of several versions of the portrait, this second variant was made from the original model, and this particular cast is considered the finest. The wooden mount accompanying the portrait was designed by the architect Stanford White (1853–1906), whose customized frames are distinguished for their sensitivity to the objects they enclose.\n","remarks":"AMER2_23-27_WLA  Day 1 Cataloguing"},{"texttype":"Online","textpurpose":"Provenance","textentryhtml":"Commissioned by George Allison Arnour (1857-1936) [1]; estate of George Allison Armour; donated to the Princeton University Library; transferred to the Princeton University Art Museum, 2001.\n\n[1] Linda J. Docherty, “Transience and Timelessness: The Origins and Afterlife of Augustus Saint-Gaudens’s Portrait of Robert Louis Stevenson”, in Nineteenth-Century Art Worldwide, no. 19.1 (Spring 2020).","remarks":null}],"datebegin":1890,"sortnumber":"2001   49L","published_date":"2026-02-11 11:03:27.801878","objectid":40506,"dimensions":"86.3 cm (34 in.)\r\nframe: 132.1 × 130.8 × 10.2 cm (52 × 51 1/2 × 4 in.)","on_view":true}