EDWARD A. KRETSCHMAN (Pennsylvania, b. 1849). BRONZE PROFILE BAS RELIEF OF GEORGE UPHAM MORRIS (1830-1875), Oval bronze bust is seated in original ornately carved walnut oval set in the original rectangular carved, painted and gilded frame.
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- Bust is 24 in. x 20 in.; overall with frame, 38 in. x 32 in. Estimate $3,000-5,000
in his later years sporting a beard, in high relief. On the bottom of the bust, it is signed and states that the bust was cast from the bronze taken from the naval frigate, the U.S.S. Cumberland, a wooden, sail powered, U.S. warship. An old label on verso states: "George Upham Morris, U.S.N." George Upham Morris was in command of the Cumberland, when it became the first U.S. ship to be sunk by the first Confederate ironclad, the C.S.S. Virginia (formerly U.S.S. Merrimack) on March 8, 1862 in Hampton Roads, Virginia. Provenance: A Pennsylvania art dealer
