Harvard Art Museums > HUCL.8: Tall Case Clock Timepieces Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Tall Case Clock (Simon Willard) , HUCL.8,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 22, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/305456. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number HUCL.8 People Simon Willard, American (1753 - 1848) Title Tall Case Clock Classification Timepieces Work Type clock Date 1792 Places Creation Place: North America, United States Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/305456 Physical Descriptions Medium Wood and brass Dimensions 244.5 x 54.3 x 27 cm (96 1/4 x 21 3/8 x 10 5/8 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: S.Willard inscription: S. Willard (script)/ In Usum Coll. Harv. (ital. caps)/ Praesidis successorumque Fecit. (all caps) Translation: this clock should serve the President of Harvard College and his successors Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard University Clock Collection, President and Fellows of Harvard College Object Number HUCL.8 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description Wood case with French feet; brass stop fluting on the quarter columns of the waist with freestanding columns on the bonnet Publication History John Ware Willard, A History of Simon Willard, Inventor and Clockmaker, E.O. Cockayne (Boston, MA, 1911), opp. p. 38 Richard W. Husher and Walter W. Welch, A Study of Simon Willard's Clocks, Husher and Welch (Nahant, MA, 1980) Exhibition History The Art of Time:Clocks,Watches and other Time Keeping Devices from the Harvard Collections, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/30/1993 - 01/30/1994 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
