Edward Sheffield Bartholomew
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Edward Sheffield Bartholomew (1822-1858) was an American Neoclassical sculptor who worked in Rome from 1850 until his early death. Born in Colchester, Connecticut, he created ideal marble figures and portrait busts in the classical tradition, becoming part of the American sculptor colony in Rome.
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About Edward Sheffield Bartholomew
Bartholomew created Neoclassical marble figures from his Rome studio. His early death at 36 cut short a promising career among the American expatriate sculptors of the mid-19th century.
Bartholomew was born in 1822 in Colchester, Connecticut, and died in 1858 in Rome.
His Hagar and Ishmael, dated 1856, is held by the Art Institute of Chicago.
Bartholomew worked in the Neoclassical tradition as part of the American sculptor colony in Rome.
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