B37: John Harvard (1607-1638)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

B37

People

Daniel Chester French, American (Exeter, NH 1850 - 1931 Glendale, MA)
John Harvard (1607-1638)

Title

John Harvard (1607-1638)

Classification

Sculpture

Work Type

statue, sculpture

Date

1884

Places

Creation Place: North America, United States

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/303459

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Bronze

Technique

Cast

Dimensions

180 x 98 x 165 cm (70 7/8 x 38 9/16 x 64 15/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: front proper r. side of base: DANIEL C. on base: FRENCH/1884
• inscription: Center proper left side of base, English: THE HENRY BONNARD BRONZE CO./NEW YORK 1884
• inscription: pedestal, front, English: JOHN HARVARD/FOUNDER/1688
• inscription: pedestal, back, English: GIVEN BY/SAMUEL JAMES BRIDGE/JUNE 17, 1883/Daniel C. FRENCH, SCULT. 1884

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Samuel Bridge; to Harvard University.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard University Portrait Collection, Gift of Samuel James Bridge to Harvard University, 1883

Object Number

B37

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• F.D. Bosworth Jr., "The Statue of John Harvard", The Harvard Illustrated Magazine (November 1899), vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 28-31, pp. 28-30, ill. p. 28
• 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. 359
• Michael Richman, Daniel Chester French: An American Sculptor, exh. cat., National Trust for Historic Preservation / Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, NY, 1976), p. 56
• "Toes Imperiled", Harvard Magazine (Cambridge, MA, May 1999 - June 1999), pp. 47-51
• Jane Turner, The Encyclopedia of American Art before 1914, Macmillan Publishers Limited (London, England, 2000), p. 178
• John T. Bethell, Richard M. Hunt, and Robert Shenton, Harvard A to Z, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, MA, 2004), pp. 230-231, ill. p. (detail)
• Colleen Walsh, "John Harvard gets a facelift", Harvard Gazette (https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2021/09/the-iconic-john-harvard-statue-gets-a-refresh/?utm_source=SilverpopMailing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily%20Gazette%2020210902%20(1), September 1, 2021)
• Nancy Kathryn Walecki, "Toe Tune-Up", Harvard Magazine (September-October 2021), vol. 123, no. 1, p. 20, p. 20, repr.

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