November 17, 2021
Museum Collections: A FACELIFT FOR THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY MARKER
In 1951, the DuPont Company commissioned Domenico Mortellito, a Wilmington, Delaware sculptor, to create a bronze plaque depicting the founder of the DuPont Company, Eleuthère Irénée du Pont de Nemours, to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the founding of the company.