Undated Theodore Roosevelt Portrait Plaque. Cast Bronze. 125 mm x 180 mm. By a Skilled, but Uncertain Sculptor. Nearly As Made.

Bust facing slightly right, without inscription. An artist's signature that appears to be back-to-back Ps facing in opposite directions, or possibly a CP monogram, is situated in the right field. The back is blank except for a shadowy reversed and incuse version of the obverse design. The back also has two raised mounting pegs, one near the top and one near the bottom. A former owner suggests that this was done by "Peterson", but we cannot locate a Roosevelt portrait plaque or an artist's monogram as this ascribed to a particular Peterson. At any rate the sculptor produced this life-like image in a rugged style totally appropriate to its subject. A handsome portrait, and finely done.

From the Richard Jewell Collection.