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GODDARD, Ralph Bartlett  (1861-1936) sculptor.          
          Born Meadville, Pennsylvnaia, 18 June 1861.
          Died Middletown, New York, 25 April 1936.
          Notable for bas-relief portraits cast in bronze of
          prominent men, including series of 12 foremost 
          authors and poets of modern English literature.
          Exhibited six medals at Paris Salon 1897.
          Member: National Sculpture Society.

          R  E  L  I  E  F  S

1889 Carlyle Portrait Relief . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
          Auction: Rago Art & Auction (12 May 2012) [1/12] lot 178
1892 Tennyson (Alfred Lord) Portrait Relief (cast by Henry
          Bonnard Foundry) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
          Auctions:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .PCA 78:533
          Auction: Rago Art & Auction (12 May 2012) [1/7] lot .180
1893 Brooks (Phillips) Plaque . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
          Auctions:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . PCA 61:376
1893 Dickens (Charles) Plaque . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
          Auctions:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  CAL 31:145
1894 Hawthorne (Nathaniel) Plaque . . . . . . . . . . . .
          Collection: Yale University Art Gallery. . 106, 1980.314
1894 Parkhurst (Charles H.) Portrait Relief (cast by Henry
            Bonnard Bronze) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
          Auctons: Rago Art & Auction (12 May 2012) [1/7] lot . 332
n.d. Drisler (Henry) Portrait Relief (cast by Henry Bonnard
          Foundry, NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
          Auction: Rago Art & Auction (12 May 2012) [1/11] lot .215

          R  E  P  L  I  C  A  S    &    R  E  I  S  S  U  E  S

1899 New York City Johann Guttenberg First American
            Statue Erected Medal (by Anton Scharff; with rev
            statue by sculptor Ralph Goddard). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
            Auctions:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  PCA 80:398
            Auction: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Num Auctions LLC 43:893

          C  O  L  L  E  C  T  I  O  N  S

C13 {1992} Freedman and Frank 106, p 70.

          B I O G R A P H I C A L  R E F E R E N C E S

Px  {1894} The Studio 9:35 (11 August 1894) p 503-507 (bas-relief portraits of English authors).
E3  {1902-30} Forrer 7:374.
D8  {1926} Fielding, p 140, 470.
BA  {1937} Who's Who In American Art 1937 [1ed:169-170].
BE  {1943} Webster's Biographical Dictionary, p 602.
BF1 {1985} Falk, p 235.
D33 {1986} Opitz, p 3
AE1 {1988} Falk, 2:217.
BF2 {1999} Falk. Who Was Who in American Art, p 2:1306.
D3a {2006} Benezit.Dictionary of Artists, p 6:356.

          N U M I S M A T I C   R E F E R E N C E S

M20 {1963} Hibler and Kappen 455–456, p 65.
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