Vinnie Ream (c.1847-1914)

Vinnie Ream was a remarkable sculptor. In 1866, while still very young, she won the competitive $10,000 commission from Congress to execute a life-size sculpture of Lincoln for the U. S. Capitol rotunda. Ream had never completed a statue before and, as a "little sculptor-girl," faced bitter opposition. But her Lincoln was unveiled in 1871 to favorable reviews. Ream's best known works are statues of Gustave Dore, Sappho, Farragut, and the Cherokee leader Sequoyah, as well as busts of Ulysses S. Grant, John C. Fremont, and Horace Greeley. In 1878 Ream married Richard Hoxie of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, a wealthy man who wished her to give up her career. After her son was born in 1883 she suffered from poor health but continued to sculpt. In a romantic pose, her long hair flowing, Ream is photographed here at the Brady studio in Washington.

Date:
1875 circa 5 years
Original Format:
Carte de Visite
Item#:
MES24090
Photographer:
Mathew Brady
Height:
1199px
Width:
762px
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