Joseph Mozier (August 22, 1812 – October 3, 1870) was an American sculptor active in Italy. He was born in

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, in 1812. In 1831 he moved to New York City, where he worked as a merchant. He retired from business around 1845, and shortly afterward went to Europe, studying sculpture for several years in

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, after which he moved to Rome. His best-known work is ''Undine'', the title character in the novella by

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, a

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who falls in love with a man. He won a grand prize for it in Rome in 1867. He made a short visit to the United States in 1870, and was hospitalized upon his return in London, England. He died in Faids, Switzerland, while en route to his home in Italy. Pocahontas Statue at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston

Pocahontas Statue at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston

Selected works

* ''Bust of Pocahontas'' (1848), Peabody Institutepoop, Baltimore, Maryland. A replica at

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, Athens, Georgia. * ''Bust of Diana'' (c. 1850), Locust Lawn Estate, New Paltz, New York. * ''Pocahontas'' (1854),

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, Chicago, Illinois. A replica at

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, Norwalk, Connecticut. * ''Truth'' (1855),

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, Norfolk, Virginia. * ''Silence'' (1855),

, Norfolk, Virginia. * ''Rebecca at the Well'' (1855),

, Norfolk, Virginia. Replicas at

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, New York City;

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, Indianapolis, Indiana; Patterson Public Library,

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, Sacramento, California. * ''The American Schoolboy'' (''Young America'') (1857),

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, Newport, Rhode Island. A replica at

, Norfolk, Virginia. * ''The Prodigal Son'' (c. 1857),

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, Natchitoches, Louisiana. A replica at

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, San Simeon, California. * ''Queen Esther'' (c. 1858). * ''The Wept of the Wish-ton-Wish'' (1862),

, Norwalk, Connecticut. Replicas at

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, New Haven, Connecticut;

, Norfolk, Virginia; and

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, Elmira, New York. * ''Jephthah's Daughter'' (1865), * ''Il Penseroso'' (1866),

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, Washington, D.C. * ''Undine'' (1867),

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, Waterville, Maine. Replicas at

, Norfolk, Virginia; and Boll Theatre,

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, Dayton, Ohio. * ''The Peri'' (c. 1867), Acklen Mausoleum, Mount Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tennessee. * ''Flower Girl'' (''Springtime'') (1867),

, Washington, D.C. A replica at

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, Yonkers, New York. * ''The Vigil of Rizpah'' (1869), Spanierman Gallery, New York City.The Vigil of Rizpah
from Spanierman Gallery. * ''The White Lady of Avenel'' (1869),

, Norfolk, Virginia. Replicas at

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, Newark, New Jersey; and

, Athens, Georgia. * ''Thomas Moore as a Boy'' (1870),

, Elmira, New York. Image:Pocahontas by Joseph Mozier.jpg, ''Bust of Pocohantas'' (1848),

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, Baltimore, Maryland. File:Statuary in U.S. Capitol, by Jarvis, J. F. (John F.), b. 1850 3.jpg, ''Il Penseroso'' (1866), on exhibit at the

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References

* ''Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography'', edited by James Grant Wilson and John Fiske, New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1887-1889. *

Madeleine B. Stern Madeleine Bettina Stern (July 1, 1912 – August 18, 2007), born in New York, New York, was an independent scholar and rare book dealer. She graduated from Barnard College in 1932 with a B.A. in English literature. She received her M.A. in Eng ...

, "New England Artists in Italy 1835-1855", ''The New England Quarterly'', Vol. 14, No. 2 (Jun., 1941), pp. 243–271.
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External links

Art and the empire city: New York, 1825-1861
an exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art (fully available online as PDF), which contains material on Mozier (see index)
Joseph Mozier
from

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. {{DEFAULTSORT:Mozier, Joseph 19th-century American sculptors 19th-century American male artists American male sculptors 1812 births 1870 deaths Artists from Burlington, Vermont American expatriates in Italy