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Identification and Creation

Object Number
B35
People
Daniel Chester French, American (Exeter, NH 1850 - 1931 Glendale, MA)
James Russell Lowell (1819-1891)
Title
James Russell Lowell (1819-1891)
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture, bust
Date
1905
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/304613

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Technique
Cast
Dimensions
80 x 68 x 38 cm (31 1/2 x 26 3/4 x 14 15/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: Below l. shoulder: D. C. FRENCH/1905
  • inscription: on front of pedestal, incised: JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL/ BORN 1819 DIED 1891/ A.B. 1838 L.L.D. 1884/ PROFESSOR 1855-1886/ PATRIOT SCHOLAR/ ORATOR POET/ PUBLIC SERVANT/ I, FREEDOM, DWELL WITH/ KNOWLEDGE, ABIDE/ WITH MEN BY CULTURE/ TRAINED AND FORTIFIED/ GIVEN BY THE CLASS OF 1883/ 1905"

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Gift of Class of 1883 to Harvard College, 1905

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard University Portrait Collection, Gift of Class of 1883 to Harvard College, 1905
Object Number
B35
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Diana L. Eck, Hanging Around Lowell House: The Portraits of Lowell House, brochure (Cambridge, MA, 2012), p. 15, ill.

Verification Level

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