CERACCHI, Giuseppe  (1751-1802) Italian sculptor.
          Full name: Giuseppe Joseph Ceracchi. Variant:
          Ceracci. Born Corsica, Italy, July 1751.
          Trip to England (1776-79), two trips to America
          (c1790 and 1793) when he made busts of Washington,
          Jefferson, Franklin, Adams, Hamilton, and Daivd Rittenhouse.
          Marble bust of Rittenhouse in collection of American
          Philosophical Society, Philadelphia.
          Ceracchi executed in Paris 30 January 1802 for his
          conspiracy against Napoleon.
          R  E  P  L  I  C  A  S    &    R  E  I  S  S  U  E  S
1871 United States Mint Director David Rittenhouse Medal
          (by William Barber, after bust by Giuseppe
          Ceracchi). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Julian MT-1
          Auctions:. . . . . .  J&J 20:303; PCA 57:395, PCA 58:391
          B I O G R A P I C A L  R E F E R E N C E S
D8   {1926} Fielding, p 60, 451.
D15  {1957} Groce and Wallace, p 117.
K12d {1961} American Philosophical Society.  Catalog of Portraits and Other Works of
          Art in Possesion of American Philosophical Society. Philadelphia: The Society,      pp 82-84.
A12  {1968} Craven, p 54.
A18  {1974} Goode, p 19.
A29  {1982} Baigell, p 63.
D33 {1986} Opitz, p 141.
D37  {1993} Soria, p 59-61.
BF2  {1999} Falk. Who Was Who in American Art, p 1:602.
D3a {2006} Benezit.Dictionary of Artists, p 3:658 (born in Rome).