B35: James Russell Lowell (1819-1891)
Sculpture
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- B35
- People
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Daniel Chester French, American (Exeter, NH 1850 - 1931 Glendale, MA)
James Russell Lowell (1819-1891)
- Title
- James Russell Lowell (1819-1891)
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Work Type
- sculpture, bust
- Date
- 1905
- Culture
- American
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/304613
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Bronze
- Technique
- Cast
- Dimensions
- 80 x 68 x 38 cm (31 1/2 x 26 3/4 x 14 15/16 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Signed: Below l. shoulder: D. C. FRENCH/1905
- inscription: on front of pedestal, incised: JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL/ BORN 1819 DIED 1891/ A.B. 1838 L.L.D. 1884/ PROFESSOR 1855-1886/ PATRIOT SCHOLAR/ ORATOR POET/ PUBLIC SERVANT/ I, FREEDOM, DWELL WITH/ KNOWLEDGE, ABIDE/ WITH MEN BY CULTURE/ TRAINED AND FORTIFIED/ GIVEN BY THE CLASS OF 1883/ 1905"
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Gift of Class of 1883 to Harvard College, 1905
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard University Portrait Collection, Gift of Class of 1883 to Harvard College, 1905
- Object Number
- B35
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Publication History
- Diana L. Eck, Hanging Around Lowell House: The Portraits of Lowell House, brochure (Cambridge, MA, 2012), p. 15, ill.
Verification Level
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