James Russell Lowell (1819-1891) | Harvard Art Museums

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: bust, sculpture
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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