On View
Not on viewJoe's Farewell
Artist
Daniel Chester French
1850 - 1931
Dateca. 1871
Dimensions22.84 × 17.77 × 12.69 cm (9 × 7 × 5 in.)
MarkingsInscribed on the back, "D.C. French"; inscribed on front of base "JOE'S FAREWELL".
Credit LineGift of Lisa and George Foote (2001)
Object number2001.8
DescriptionCeramic (parian). Sculptural group of two figures before a forge, inscribed on the front of the base "JOE'S FAREWELL." This group, based on a passage from Charles Dickens' "Barnaby Rudge," is the most ambitious work by French in terms of narrative and produced in remarkable detail.
Object number: C0198
Object number: 2025.1.6