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Identification and Creation

Object Number
S21
People
Bela Lyon Pratt, American (Norwich, CT 1867 - 1917 Boston, MA)
John Codman Ropes (1836 - 1899)
Title
John Codman Ropes (1836-1899)
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
relief, sculpture
Date
1902
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States, Massachusetts, Boston
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/305360

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Marble
Technique
Relief
Dimensions
69.5 x 68.6 cm (27 3/8 x 27 in.)
framed: 242 x 104 x 10 cm (95 1/4 x 40 15/16 x 3 15/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: lower left: B.L. Pratt/ 1902
  • inscription: below bas-relief, English: TO/JOHN CODMAN ROPES / BORN APRIL 28 1836 /DIED OCTOBER 28, 1899/HARVARD COLLEGE 1857/ HIS CLASSMATES ERECT THIS MEMORIAL/LIFE MAY BE GIVEN IN MANY WAYS/AND LOYALTY TO TRUTH BE SEALED/AS BRAVELY IN THE CLOSET AS IN THE FIELD.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard University Portrait Collection, Gift of the classmates of John Codman Ropes, Class of 1857, 1902
Object Number
S21
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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