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Identification and Creation

Object Number
P147
People
Richard Edwin Brooks, American (Braintree, MA 1865 - 1919 Washington, DC)
Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809 - 1894)
Title
Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894)
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
bust, sculpture
Date
1896
Places
Creation Place: Europe, France, Paris
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/305306

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Plaster with bronze finish
Technique
Cast
Dimensions
68.6 x 45.7 x 20.3 cm (27 x 18 x 8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: Richard E. Brooks Paris/1896

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Gift from the artist to H. P. Bowditch.
His gift to the Harvard Medical School, 1897.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard University Portrait Collection, Gift of the artist and H. P. Bowditch to Harvard Medical School, 1897
Object Number
P147
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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