Harvard Art Museums > 1943.1104: Colonel Henry Hamilton (1734-1796) Sculpture Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Colonel Henry Hamilton (1734-1796) (James Tassie) , 1943.1104,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, May 14, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/229872. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1943.1104 People James Tassie, British, English (Pollokshaws, Scotland 1735 - 1799 London, England) Title Colonel Henry Hamilton (1734-1796) Classification Sculpture Work Type relief, sculpture Date 1786 Culture British Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/229872 Physical Descriptions Medium White glass paste relief on clear glass paste ground Dimensions sight: 11.3 x 7.7 x 2.5 cm (4 7/16 x 3 1/16 x 1 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: impressed on truncation: H.H. / T. F. 1786 inscription: mount, gold paint: HENRY HAMILTON / LATE GOVERNOR OF THE ISLAND OF DOMINIQUE IN THE / WEST INDIES. BORN 30th NOVr 1735. DIED 12th SEPTr 1796. // WHILE MANLY COURAGE WITH THE GENTLEST MIND / WHILE EVERY GRACE WITH EVERY VIRTUE JOIND / WHILE MODEST MERIT IS ALLOWED DESERT / WITH SUCH SUPREME BENEVOLENCE OF HEART / WHILE TRUTH CAN SUCH A PANEGYRIC GIVE / SO LONG Oh HAMILTON THY NAME SHALL LIVE. Provenance Recorded Ownership History [Frederick Rathbone, London], sold; to Grenville Lindall Winthrop, New York, 1910, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop Accession Year 1943 Object Number 1943.1104 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions THIS WORK MAY NOT BE LENT BY THE TERMS OF ITS ACQUISITION TO THE HARVARD ART MUSEUMS. The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History Old Wedgwood from the Bequest of Grenville Lindall Winthrop, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1944), no. 113, p. 42 Exhibition History Old Wedgwood from the Bequest of Grenville Lindall Winthrop, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 06/04/1944 - 09/03/1944 Old Wedgwood, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/19/1973 - 05/27/1973 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
