Fair Enid
Date1879
Artist
William Couper
(American sculptor, 1853–1942)
MediumMarble
Dimensions14 1/2 × 10 1/2 × 1 1/2 in. (36.8 × 26.7 × 3.8 cm)
support: 18 1/2 × 14 × 2 in. (47 × 35.6 × 5.1 cm)
support: 18 1/2 × 14 × 2 in. (47 × 35.6 × 5.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Dr. Christine I. Oaklander, in honor of Dr. Wayne Craven, 2018
Object number2018-99
On View
On viewCollections
ClassificationsSCULPTURE
Label TextThe title of this work may reference Tennyson's poem, "The Marriage of Geraint," from Idylls of the King, which describes the Geraint's first sight of "fair Enid, all in faded silk...the one maid for me."
Augustus Saint-Gaudens
cast c. 1923; from head of The Standing Lincoln in Lincoln Park, Chicago, 1884-1888
