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Identification and Creation

Object Number
B27
People
William Barber (London, England 1807 - 1879 Philadelphia, PA)
Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz, Swiss (1807-1873)
Title
Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz (1807-1873)
Classification
Medals and Medallions
Work Type
medal
Date
19th century
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/304626

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver?
Technique
Cast
Dimensions
4.6 cm (1 13/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: l.c.: W. BARBER SC.
  • inscription: reverse, Latin: TERRA MARIQUE DUCTOR INDAGATIONE NATURAE. / NA 1807. / OB 1873
  • inscription: obverse, left of head: AGASSIZ

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Harvard University Portrait Collection, Gray Herbarium

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard University Portrait Collection, Gray Herbarium
Object Number
B27
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr. and Melissa Renn, American Paintings at Harvard, Volume One: Paintings, Watercolors, and Pastels by Artists Born before 1826, Yale University Press (U.S.) and Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge and New Haven, 2014), p. 276

Verification Level

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