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Identification and Creation

Object Number
B11
People
Bela Lyon Pratt, American (Norwich, CT 1867 - 1917 Boston, MA)
John Homans (1836-1903)
Title
John Homans (1836-1903)
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
relief, sculpture
Date
1906
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/304640

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Technique
Cast
Dimensions
94 x 62.2 cm (37 x 24 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: l.l.: B.L. PRATT - 1906
  • inscription: bottom section below portrait, relief, English: (In caps) John Homans/Born 1836 - Died 1903/ Instructor and Lecturer/in Ovarian Tumors 1881-1902/ Pioneer in Abdominal Surgery
  • inscription: lower right: "GORHAM MFG CO."
  • (not assigned): Incised along top in caps: VERITAS

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Gift of contributors to the endowment of the John Homans Professorship of Surgery, 1905

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard University Portrait Collection, Gift of contributors to the endowment of the John Homans Professorship of Surgery, 1905
Object Number
B11
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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