Harriet Hosmer
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| Harriet Hosmer | |
|---|---|
 Engraving by Augustus Robin, c. 1868 | |
| Born | 9 October 1830 Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts |
| Died | 21 February 1908 (77) Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts |
| Known for | Sculpture |
| Noted work(s) | Zenobia, Queen of Palmyra (1857) |
Harriet Goodhue Hosmer (October 9, 1830 - February 21, 1908) was an American sculptor associated with the neoclassical movement who spent many of the later years of her life working on a perpetual motion machine.
Reading
- Culkin, Kate (6 Mar. 2011), Harriet Hosmer’s Perpetual Motion Machine, abiographersblog.com, https://abiographersblog.com/2011/03/06/harriet-hosmers-perpetual-motion-machine/
Press Coverage
- "A RIVAL FOR EDISON.", Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI): 4, 12 Nov. 1878, https://www.newspapers.com/clip/121106958/a-rival-for-edison/
- "HARRIET HOSMER'S INVENTION.", Buffalo Morning Express (Buffalo, NY): 2, 18 Nov. 1878, https://www.newspapers.com/clip/121107249/harriet-hosmers-invention/
- "HARRIET HOSMER'S MOTOR. It Approaches Completion and will Revolutionize the Mechanical Arts.", Buffalo Morning Express (Buffalo, NY): 1, 21 Dec. 1878, https://www.newspapers.com/clip/121107294/harriet-hosmers-motor-it-approaches/
- "Harriet Hosmer's Invention.", The Indianapolis Journal (Indianapolis, IN): 16, 27 Oct. 1889, https://www.newspapers.com/clip/121107431/harriet-hosmers-invention/
- "'MOST FAMOUS OF AMERICAN WOMEN SCULPTORS': Miss Harriet Hosmer of Watertown. When She Died, Nine Days Ago, Many of Her Friends Did Not Know She Was in This Country — Her Last Years in Retirement Were Devoted to Trying to Solve the Insoluble Problem of Perpetual Motion — As a Jolly Girl She Played Jokes in Watertown — Went to Rome With Charlotte Cushman to Study Art — 'Zenobia' Her Masterpiece — Intimate With the Brownings.", The Boston Globe (Boston, MA): 55, 1 Mar. 1908, https://www.newspapers.com/clip/121107125/most-famous-of-american-women-sculptors/
Resources
- Thurston, R. B. (1868), "Harriet G. Hosmer", in Parton, James, Eminent Women of the Age: Being Narratives of the Lives and Deeds of the Most Prominent Women of the Present Generation, Hartford, Ct.: S. M. Betts, p. 566-598, https://archive.org/details/eminentwomenofag00part