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Identification and Creation

Object Number
B24.A
People
Anne Whitney, American (Watertown, MA 1821 - 1915 Boston, MA)
James Walker (Burlington, Massachusetts 1794-1874 Cambridge, Massachusetts)
Title
James Walker (1794-1874)
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture, bust
Date
1880
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/304656

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
60 x 33 x 25 cm (23 5/8 x 13 x 9 13/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: A. W. /1880
  • inscription: top, English: JAMES WALKER/BORN IN BURLINGTON/AUGUST 16, 1796./DIED AT CAMBRIDGE DECEMBER 23, 1874./PASTOR OF THE HARVARD CHURCH IN CHARLESTOWN 1818-1838/OVERSEER OF HARVARD COLLEGE 1825-1836/FELLOW 1834-1863 PROFESSOR 1838-1853/PRESIDENT 1853-1860 OVERSEER 1864-1874.
  • inscription: bottom, English: Learn where is wisdom where is strength where is understanding that thou mayest know where is length of days and life where is the light of the eyes and peace.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard University Portrait Collection
Object Number
B24.A
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
Permissions

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Publication History

  • Elizabeth Rogers Payne, "Anne Whitney, Sculptor", The Art Quarterly (Autumn 1962)
  • 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. 271

Verification Level

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