Romilly John | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1943.1304
People: Jacob Epstein, British (New York, NY 1880 - 1959 London, England)
Title: Romilly John
Classification: Sculpture
Work Type: sculpture
Date: 1907
Culture: British
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/226230

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Bronze with marble base
Dimensions: 20.32 cm (8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Jacob Epstein, sold; to (possibly) J. Quinn, 1914. Possibly [Scott & Fowles, New York, New York], 1924, sold; to Grenville L. Winthrop, New York, New York, 1924, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.

NOTE: Provenance information taken from a letter from Evelyn Silber to Ivan Gaskell , 12 September 1992, see curatorial file.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop

Accession Year

1943

Object Number

1943.1304

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

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Publication History

Jacob Epstein, Let There Be Sculpture, G. P. Putnam's Sons (New York, 1940), p. 202, ill. and p. 354
Judith Collins, Eric Gill: The Sculpture: A Catalogue Raisonne, Herbert Press (London, England, 1998), p. 64

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