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Identification and Creation

Object Number
S64
People
William A. Davies, British (South Wales 1826 - 1901 London, England)
Josiah Parsons Cooke IV, American (1827 - 1894)
Title
Josiah Parsons Cooke (1827-1894)
Classification
Medals and Medallions
Work Type
medallion
Date
1895
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Italy, Tuscany, Florence
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/305395

Physical Descriptions

Medium
White marble on amber marble plaque
Technique
Relief
Dimensions
154 x 109 x 7 cm (60 5/8 x 42 15/16 x 2 3/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: English: 1827 1894/ IN MEMORY OF/ JOSIAH PARSONS COOKE/ FOR FORTY THREE YEARS ERVING PROFESSOR/ OF CHEMISTRY AND MINERALOGY IN/ HARVARD UNIVERSITY/ A PATIENT INVESTIGATOR/ AN INSPIRING TEACHER/ A GVILELESS MAN

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard University Portrait Collection, Gift of Mrs. Cooke for the Mineralogical Museum,1895
Object Number
S64
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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