S64: Josiah Parsons Cooke (1827-1894)
Medals and Medallions
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- S64
- People
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William A. Davies, British (South Wales 1826 - 1901 London, England)
Josiah Parsons Cooke IV, American (1827 - 1894)
- Title
- Josiah Parsons Cooke (1827-1894)
- Classification
- Medals and Medallions
- Work Type
- medallion
- Date
- 1895
- Places
- Creation Place: Europe, Italy, Tuscany, Florence
- Culture
- British
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/305395
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- White marble on amber marble plaque
- Technique
- Relief
- Dimensions
- 154 x 109 x 7 cm (60 5/8 x 42 15/16 x 2 3/4 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- inscription: English: 1827 1894/ IN MEMORY OF/ JOSIAH PARSONS COOKE/ FOR FORTY THREE YEARS ERVING PROFESSOR/ OF CHEMISTRY AND MINERALOGY IN/ HARVARD UNIVERSITY/ A PATIENT INVESTIGATOR/ AN INSPIRING TEACHER/ A GVILELESS MAN
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard University Portrait Collection, Gift of Mrs. Cooke for the Mineralogical Museum,1895
- Object Number
- S64
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Verification Level
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