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Description
Title
Russian
Madonna
and
Child
Icon
Subject
Presidents and Politics
Arts and Entertainment
Icons
Place
Cincinnati (Ohio)
Hamilton County (Ohio)
Description
Alphonso
Taft
(1810-1891)
acquired
this
icon
of
Madonna
and
child
while
serving
as
ambassador
to
Russia
in
1879
. The
early
nineteenth-century
oil-on-wood
painting
is
covered
with
stamped
,
decorated
copper
, with
openings
that
reveal
painted
faces
and
hand
of the
child
.
It
measures
8.94
inches
long
by
7.17
inches
wide
by.67
inches
deep
(22.7
by
18.2
by
1.7
cm)
.
Alphonso
Taft
was
born
in
West
Townshend
,
Vermont
. He
settled
in
Cincinnati
soon
after
graduating
from
Yale
Law
School
and
quickly
established
himself
as a
lawyer
and
supporter
of the
emerging
railroad
system
.
Taft
served
several
terms
as a
judge
in
Hamilton
County
.
President
Ulysses
S
.
Grant
appointed
him to
serve
first
as
secretary
of
war
and
later
as
attorney
general
.
President
Chester
A.
Arthur
appointed
Taft
to
serve
as
minister
to
Austria
and
Russia
. He was the
father
of
William
Howard
Taft
,
president
and
chief
justice
of the
United
States
.
Date of Original
1800
-
1850
circa
Source
Audiovisual material
WIHO 2122
Submitting Institution
William Howard Taft National Historic Site
Rights
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http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/audiovis/photodup.html;
Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to
http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
Type
StillImage
File Name
Om473_1003750_001.tif
Image Height
1917
Image Width
1519
File Size
920.89 KB
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