Hiram Powers
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Hiram Powers was a prominent 19th-century American neoclassical sculptor best known for his marble statue "The Greek Slave."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Hiram Powers canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8888827 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hiram Powers Context triple: [Powers, hasNotableBearer, Hiram Powers]
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A.
George Bellas Greenough
George Bellas Greenough was a pioneering 19th-century English geologist and cartographer known for helping establish geology as a scientific discipline in Britain.
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B.
Horatio Greenough
Horatio Greenough was a 19th-century American sculptor best known for his neoclassical works and early contributions to public art in the United States.
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C.
Thomas Hartley Crawford
Thomas Hartley Crawford was a 19th-century American politician and judge who served as a U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania and later as Commissioner of Indian Affairs.
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D.
Cyrus Edwin Dallin
Cyrus Edwin Dallin was an American sculptor best known for his monumental public works depicting Native American subjects and historical figures.
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E.
Daniel Chester French
Daniel Chester French was a prominent American sculptor best known for creating the monumental seated statue of Abraham Lincoln in the Lincoln Memorial.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hiram Powers Target entity description: Hiram Powers was a prominent 19th-century American neoclassical sculptor best known for his marble statue "The Greek Slave."
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A.
George Bellas Greenough
George Bellas Greenough was a pioneering 19th-century English geologist and cartographer known for helping establish geology as a scientific discipline in Britain.
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B.
Horatio Greenough
Horatio Greenough was a 19th-century American sculptor best known for his neoclassical works and early contributions to public art in the United States.
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C.
Thomas Hartley Crawford
Thomas Hartley Crawford was a 19th-century American politician and judge who served as a U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania and later as Commissioner of Indian Affairs.
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D.
Cyrus Edwin Dallin
Cyrus Edwin Dallin was an American sculptor best known for his monumental public works depicting Native American subjects and historical figures.
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E.
Daniel Chester French
Daniel Chester French was a prominent American sculptor best known for creating the monumental seated statue of Abraham Lincoln in the Lincoln Memorial.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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neoclassical sculptor ⓘ sculptor ⓘ |
| artForm |
marble sculpture
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plaster sculpture ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1805-07-29 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Woodstock, Vermont, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBurial | 1873 ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1873-06-27 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Florence, Kingdom of Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Cincinnati, Ohio (informal artistic training) ⓘ |
| employer | Cincinnati Museum Association NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | American ⓘ |
| familyName | Powers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
ideal sculpture
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neoclassical sculpture ⓘ portrait sculpture ⓘ |
| givenName | Hiram NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWorkInCollection |
Metropolitan Museum of Art
NERFINISHED
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National Gallery of Art, Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ Smithsonian American Art Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ Victoria and Albert Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | American neoclassical sculpture ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Antonio Canova
NERFINISHED
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Bertel Thorvaldsen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| movement | Neoclassicism ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | English ⓘ |
| notableFor | The Greek Slave becoming one of the most famous 19th-century American sculptures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
America
NERFINISHED
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Eve Tempted NERFINISHED ⓘ Proserpine NERFINISHED ⓘ The Fisher Boy NERFINISHED ⓘ The Greek Slave NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation | sculptor ⓘ |
| placeOfBurial | Florence, Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence |
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
NERFINISHED
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Florence, Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ Washington, D.C. ⓘ
surface form:
Washington, D.C., United States
|
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Elizabeth Gibson Powers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
NERFINISHED
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Florence, Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Hiram Powers Description of subject: Hiram Powers was a prominent 19th-century American neoclassical sculptor best known for his marble statue "The Greek Slave."
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.