B50: Francis Davis Millet (1846-1912)
Sculpture
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- B50
- People
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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
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- inscription: back: Roma Villa (Aur/Am) (difficult to read)elia J(a/e)n. 1912/Albin Polasek/ROMAN BRONZE WORKS NY
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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
- Permissions
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