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Identification and Creation

Object Number
S38
People
Henry Jacob Bigelow (1818 - 1890)
Copy under the direction of Bela Lyon Pratt, American (Norwich, CT 1867 - 1917 Boston, MA)
After Launt Thompson, American (Abbeyleh, Ireland 1833 - 1894 Middletown, NY)
Title
Henry Jacob Bigelow (1818-1890)
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
bust, sculpture
Date
1883
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/305340

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Marble
Technique
Carved
Dimensions
74 x 58 x 34 cm (29 1/8 x 22 13/16 x 13 3/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: back: Laut [sic] Thompson 1883.
  • label: base: "Henry Jacob Bigelow M.D., L.L.D./Professor of Surgery 1849-1882"

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard University Portrait Collection, Gift of Dr. R. U. Hodges and others, Harvard Medical School, 1882
Object Number
S38
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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