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Identification and Creation

Object Number
S42
People
Copy by Bela Lyon Pratt, American (Norwich, CT 1867 - 1917 Boston, MA)
Copy after Richard Edwin Brooks, American (Braintree, MA 1865 - 1919 Washington, DC)
Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809 - 1894)
Title
Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894), after R.E. Brooks
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
bust, sculpture
Date
19th-20th century
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/305452

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Marble
Dimensions
69 x 46 x 32 cm (27 3/16 x 18 1/8 x 12 5/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: left shoulder: R.E. Brooks (script)
  • label: base: Oliver Wendell Holmes, M.D., LL.D., D.LITT., D.C.I/Parkman Professorship, 1847-1892/Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, 1847-1853.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Medical School
Object Number
S42
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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