At the de Young, four marble sculptures by American artists were hurt, including the bust "California" by Hiram Power, which lost a chunk of hair.
He fell ill in Florence and died there in 1859 at the home of his friend, the sculptor Hiram Powers.
The statue was "Greek Slave" by Hiram Powers, one of the most popular artworks of the Victorian era.
The 3c issue of 1894 features an image of Jackson similar to those on the issues of 1873 and 1883, taken from a bust by Hiram Powers.
The baptismal font donated by John S. Preston was sculpted by Hiram Powers.
The Last of the Tribes is a neo-classical sculpture by Hiram Powers (1805-1873).
It was Hiram Powers' last full-length sculpture.
He even had a marble figure of "The Fisher Boy" by Hiram Powers - the only other known replica is in the Metropolitan Museum.
Powers studied with his father, Hiram Powers, a well known Neo-classical sculptor and expatriate who lived in Italy.
It was further developed by Minton who employed John Bell, Hiram Powers and other famous sculptors to produce figures for reproduction.