Harvard Art Museums > S82: James Otis (1725-1783) 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"James Otis (1725-1783) (Thomas Crawford)(James Otis) , S82,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, May 18, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/305398. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number S82 People Thomas Crawford, American (New York, NY 1814 - 1857 London, England) James Otis (1725 - 1783) Title James Otis (1725-1783) Classification Sculpture Work Type sculpture, statue Date 1856 Places Creation Place: Europe, Italy, Lazio, Rome Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/305398 Physical Descriptions Medium Marble Technique Carved Dimensions 230 x 97 x 88 cm (90 9/16 x 38 3/16 x 34 5/8 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: back: T. Crawford/Fecit. Romae/1856 inscription: English, in artist's hand: on book: Speech/Against/Writs of/Assistance/1761 on paper below foot: STAMP ACT front: JAMES OTIS Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard University Portrait Collection, Gift of the Corporation of the Mt. Auburn Cemetery to the University, 1935 Object Number S82 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions 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 Robert L. Gale, Thomas Crawford: American Sculptor, University of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, PA, 1964), Pl. IV Wayne Craven, Sculpture in America, Thomas Y. Crowell Company (New York, NY, 1968), pp. 133-134 H. Wade White, "Nineteenth Century American Sculpture at Harvard, a Glance at the Collection", Harvard Library Bulletin (Cambridge, MA, October 1970), vol. XVIII, no. 4, p. ? "Uncommon Art in Common Places: Big Men on Campus", Arts Spectrum, Office for the Arts at Harvard and Radcliffe (Cambridge, MA, January 1994), p. 4 Kathleen Fox, "The Statues of Bigelow Chapel", Sweet Auburn: The Newsletter of the Friends of Mount Auburn (Cambridge, MA, Spring 1996), repr. in b/w, unpaginated 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
