H675: William James (1842-1910)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

H675

People

Ellen Emmet Rand, American (San Francisco, CA 1876 - 1941 Salisbury, CT)
William James (1842 - 1910)

Title

William James (1842-1910)

Classification

Paintings

Work Type

painting

Date

c. 1903-1905

Places

Creation Place: North America, United States, Connecticut

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/305069

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

100 x 75 cm (39 3/8 x 29 1/2 in.)
framed: 123.8 x 98.4 x 8.3 cm (48 3/4 x 38 3/4 x 3 1/4 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• label: 2 plaques below painting, plexiglas: left: "WILLIAM JAMES 1842-1910 BY ELLEN EMMET RAND"
  right: "LENT BY MR. AND MRS. JOHN S.R. JAMES"

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard University Portrait Collection, Gift of Mrs. John S. R. James, Jr. to the University, 1983

Object Number

H675

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Ignas K. Skrupskelis, ed., The Correspondence of William James, The University Press of Virginia (Charlottesville, VA and London, England, 1994), p.246

Exhibition History

• The Emmets: A Family of Women Painters, Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, 08/06/1982 - 09/26/1982; Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, 10/10/1982 - 12/05/1982
• The Business of Bodies: Ellen Emmet Rand (1875-1941) and the Persuasion of Portraiture, William Benton Museum of Art, Storrs, 10/25/2018 - 03/10/2019

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