pyvista.examples.downloads.download_washington_bust

download_washington_bust(*, load: bool = True) → PolyData | str

Download a bust of George Washington.

A marble bust of George Washington (after Giuseppe Ceracchi, ca. 1819), collection of the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery (NPG.70.4).

This dataset is released by the Smithsonian under the CC0 Public Domain Dedication: “This media file is in the public domain (free of copyright restrictions). You can copy, modify, and distribute this work without contacting the Smithsonian.”

Source: https://3d.si.edu/

Parameters:

loadbool, default: True

Load the dataset after downloading it when True. Set this to False and only the filename will be returned.

Returns:

outputpyvista.PolyData | str

DataSet or filename depending on load.

Examples

>>> from pyvista import examples
>>> dataset = examples.download_washington_bust()
>>> dataset.plot()

See also

Washington Bust Dataset

See this dataset in the Dataset Gallery for more info.

download_lincoln_life_mask()

Another CC0 head sculpture from the Smithsonian.

Static Scene

Interactive Scene