Mahlon Dickerson Eyre
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Mahlon Dickerson Eyre (April 13, 1821 – August 28, 1882) was an American banker from Philadelphia who later lived in Florence, Italy.[1]
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of a successful merchant, he attended Princeton University.[2] He traveled in Europe, and settled in Florence, Italy, where he met his wife Isabella.[2] He exhibited 14 works at the 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia. One of these was a marble statuette of Hercules and Antaeus, a copy after Stefano Maderno's c. 1622-25 original.[3]
He is best-known for a twice-lifesize marble statue of George Washington, depicted standing at the prow of a boat while crossing the Delaware River. It was displayed at the Centennial Exposition of 1876 in Philadelphia.[1][4] The statue was purchased for Trenton, New Jersey in 1889.[5] It was installed in Cadwalader Park in 1892, and moved to the Mill Hill neighborhood of Trenton in 1976.[6]
Eyre died in Florence.[7] He is buried in Bagni di Lucca, Tuscany, Italy. He was an uncle of the architect Wilson Eyre.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "He Couldn't Get Washington in a Ship-hold". The Philadelphia Times. April 1, 1876. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
the colossal marble statue of Washington, which Mahlon Dickinson Eyre, American banker in Florence, Italy, will exhibit at the Centennial
- ^ a b Schenck, William Edward (1889). "Mahlon Dickerson Eyre, A. M.". Biography of the class of 1838 of the College of New Jersey at Princeton, N.J. pp. 76–78.
- ^ Hercules and Antaeus from M. S. Rau Antiques.
- ^ "George Washington, (sculpture)". Inventory of American Sculpture, Smithsonian Institution Research Information System. Smithsonian American Art Museum.
- ^ "Centennial Relic Sold". The Philadelphia Inquirer. April 26, 1889. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
A Heroic Sized Statue of Washington Crossing the Delaware Brings $300
- ^ Sergejeff, Nadine; Tvaryanas, Damon; Burrow, Ian; Hunter, Richard (December 2002). The Assunpink Creek in Mill Hill. A History and Consideration of Historic Interpretive Opportunities.
- ^ "Death of a Former Citizen". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. September 14, 1882. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.