B27: Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz (1807-1873)
Medals and Medallions
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- B27
- People
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William Barber (London, England 1807 - 1879 Philadelphia, PA)
Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz, Swiss (1807-1873)
- Title
- Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz (1807-1873)
- Classification
- Medals and Medallions
- Work Type
- medal
- Date
- 19th century
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/304626
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silver?
- Technique
- Cast
- Dimensions
- 4.6 cm (1 13/16 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Signed: l.c.: W. BARBER SC.
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inscription: reverse, Latin: TERRA MARIQUE DUCTOR INDAGATIONE NATURAE. / NA 1807. / OB 1873
- inscription: obverse, left of head: AGASSIZ
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Harvard University Portrait Collection, Gray Herbarium
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard University Portrait Collection, Gray Herbarium
- Object Number
- B27
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Publication History
- Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr. and Melissa Renn, American Paintings at Harvard, Volume One: Paintings, Watercolors, and Pastels by Artists Born before 1826, Yale University Press (U.S.) and Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge and New Haven, 2014), p. 276
Verification Level
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