S21: John Codman Ropes (1836-1899)
Sculpture
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- S21
- People
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Bela Lyon Pratt, American (Norwich, CT 1867 - 1917 Boston, MA)
John Codman Ropes (1836 - 1899)
- Title
- John Codman Ropes (1836-1899)
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Work Type
- sculpture, relief
- Date
- 1902
- Places
- Creation Place: North America, United States, Massachusetts, Boston
- Culture
- American
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/305360
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Marble
- Technique
- Relief
- Dimensions
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69.5 x 68.6 cm (27 3/8 x 27 in.)
framed: 242 x 104 x 10 cm (95 1/4 x 40 15/16 x 3 15/16 in.) - Inscriptions and Marks
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- Signed: lower left: B.L. Pratt/ 1902
- inscription: below bas-relief, English: TO/JOHN CODMAN ROPES / BORN APRIL 28 1836 /DIED OCTOBER 28, 1899/HARVARD COLLEGE 1857/ HIS CLASSMATES ERECT THIS MEMORIAL/LIFE MAY BE GIVEN IN MANY WAYS/AND LOYALTY TO TRUTH BE SEALED/AS BRAVELY IN THE CLOSET AS IN THE FIELD.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard University Portrait Collection, Gift of the classmates of John Codman Ropes, Class of 1857, 1902
- Object Number
- S21
- Division
- Modern and Contemporary Art
- Contact
- am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Verification Level
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