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Identification and Creation

Object Number
B50
People
Albin Polasek, American (Czechloslovakia 1879 - 1965 Winter Park, FL)
Francis Davis Millet, American (Mattapoisett, MA 1846 - 1912 died on SS Titanic)
Title
Francis Davis Millet (1846-1912)
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
bust, sculpture
Date
1912
Culture
Czech
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/304665

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Technique
Cast
Dimensions
49 x 24.3 x 22 cm (19 5/16 x 9 9/16 x 8 11/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: back: Roma Villa (Aur/Am) (difficult to read)elia J(a/e)n. 1912/Albin Polasek/ROMAN BRONZE WORKS NY
  • inscription: on pedestal: FRANCISCO DAVIS MILLET
    VIRO ARTIBUS LITTERISQ PRAESITANTI
    QVI NAVI TITANICA FRACTA
    DVM SPEM TIMIDIS AFFERT
    MORTEM LAETVS OPPETIVIT
    HOC MONUMENTUM
    SVAVIS AMICITIAE MEMORES
    SODALES PONENDVM CVRAVERVNT

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Gift of the Class of 1869, 1920

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard University Portrait Collection, Gift of the Class of 1869, 1920
Object Number
B50
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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