Harvard Art Museums > B44: Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) Sculpture Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Add to Collection Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) (Daniel Chester French)(Ralph Waldo Emerson) , B44,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Jan 11, 2025, https://hvrd.art/o/304688. Identification and Creation Object Number B44 People Daniel Chester French, American (Exeter, NH 1850 - 1931 Glendale, MA) Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) Title Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) Classification Sculpture Work Type sculpture, statuette Date 1911 Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/304688 Physical Descriptions Medium Bronze Dimensions 65.4 x 35.6 x 41.9 cm (25 3/4 x 14 x 16 1/2 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: D. C. F., Oct. 1911 inscription: base, English: D.C.F. Oct. 1911 Provenance Recorded Ownership History Edith Emerson Forbes. Gift to Harvard University, 1916. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard University Portrait Collection, Gift of Mrs. Edith Emerson Forbes, November 1916 Object Number B44 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 Jeanne L. Wasserman, ed., Metamorphoses in Nineteenth-Century Sculpture, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1975), p. 240 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