H246: The Three Philosophers: Josiah Royce, George Herbert Palmer and William James

Identification and Creation

Object Number

H246

People

Winifred Rieber, American (Carson City, NV 1872 - 1963 Sonoma County, CA)
Josiah Royce (1855 - 1916)
George Herbert Palmer (1842-1933)
William James (1842 - 1910)

Title

The Three Philosophers: Josiah Royce, George Herbert Palmer and William James

Classification

Paintings

Work Type

painting, album folio

Date

c. 1920

Places

Creation Place: North America, United States

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/312404

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

198.1 x 218.4 cm (78 x 86 in.)
framed: 202.9 x 174 x 6.4 cm (79 7/8 x 68 1/2 x 2 1/2 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard University Portrait Collection, Gift of Harvard alumni and friends of Professors James, Royce, and Palmer to Harvard University, 1920

Object Number

H246

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Laura M. Huntsinger, Harvard Portraits: A Catalogue of Portrait Paintings at Harvard University, ed. Alan Burroughs, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, MA, 1936), pp. 80-81, 104, 118
• "Munsterberg was Painted Out", Harvard Alumni Bulletin, Harvard University (Cambridge, MA, February 18, 1956), p. 384-385
• Dorothy Rieber Joralemon, "Too Many Philosophers", American Heritage (New York, NY, October 1980 - November 1980), vol. 31, no. 6, p. 16, illus. p. 19

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