Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz (1807-1873)

Identification and Creation

Object Number: P26
People: John Adams Jackson, American (Bath, ME 1825 - 1879 Italy)
Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz, Swiss (1807-1873)
Title: Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz (1807-1873)
Classification: Sculpture
Work Type: sculpture, bust
Date: 1874
Places: Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/305341

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Plaster

Dimensions

76 x 55.5 x 29 cm (29 15/16 x 21 7/8 x 11 7/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: back of shoulders: J A Jackson / Jan 1874

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Harvard University Portrait Collection

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard University Portrait Collection
Object Number: P26
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr. and Melissa Renn, American Paintings at Harvard, Volume One: Paintings, Watercolors, and Pastels by Artists Born before 1826, Yale University Press (U.S.) and Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge and New Haven, 2014), p. 276

Verification Level

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