Plaster Head of Col. Robert Gould Shaw

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Item contributed by Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park

This life-size plaster head of Col. Robert Gould Shaw was produced for the Shaw/54th Regiment Memorial by Augustus Saint-Gaudens.

plaster head of Civil War officer plaster sculpture of head of Civil War officer


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Robert Gould Shaw life size plaster head by Augustus Saint-Gaudens. Directed and looking forward wearing a civil war cap, he has a moustache and goatee. Cast includes a plaster block/cube base made as one with the head. H.10x5 1/2x5 1/8 inch. SAGA 1238.

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The Robert Gould Shaw Memorial

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