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Bust of Anne Robert Jacques Turgot
Description:
Dimension:H:31.500in W:24.500in D:20.000in
Creator:
Houdon, Jean-Antoine
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Plaster portrait bust on low, circular, columnar base. The subject has shoulder-length, curly hair and he wears a lace jabot, and embroidered waistcoat. Unsigned and undated.
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Portrait of Edwin Grant Conklin
Description:
Dimension:H:49.375in W:38.500in Framed
Creator:
Burnside, Cameron
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Three-quarter length seated figure, left hand on knee, right hand holding a book. Table with three books on top in front of right hand. Figure wears academic robes, white shirt, maroon tie, dark blue suit. Signed "Cameron Burnside 1941" on lower right corner.
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Bust of George Washington
Description:
Dimension:H:24.500in W:16.000in D:14.500in
Contributor:
Houdon, Jean Antoine
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Life-sized, painted plaster bust of George Washington. Hollow cast with low, square, columnar base incorporated. After 1785 bust by Jean Antoine Houdon.
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Bust of Nathaniel Bowditch
Description:
Dimension:H:26.000in W:14.750in D:12.000in
Creator:
Hughes, Robert Ball
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Life-sized bust of balding man with classical drapery over shoulders. Cast in shoulder: "DOCTOR BOWDITCH/ EXECUTED IN MARBLE/ BY BALL HUGHES/ FOR THE/ SOCIETY OF ARTS/ AND SCIENCES/ BOSTON." Base is a cast-on replica of a book. On sculptured book forming base: "TRAITE DE MECANIQUE CELESTE/ of La Place." Brass tag on left front of book spine: "Nathaniel Bowditch 1773-1838." After c. 1837 bust by artist.
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Collected by:David Thomas
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Monodia sp.?
"Speading by the tooth (?) in marshes / May" Collected by:David Thomas
MUSEUM OBJECT
Creator:
Collected by:David Thomas
MUSEUM OBJECT
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Collected by:Benjamin Smith Barton
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Scirpus atrovirens Collected by:Benjamin Smith Barton
MUSEUM OBJECT
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Collected by:Dr. Gray of Southampton, VA
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Scirpus cyperinus Collected by:Dr. Gray of Southampton, VA
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Collected by:Christian Frederick Denke
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Scirpus cyperinus Collected by:Christian Frederick Denke
MUSEUM OBJECT
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Head of William Ezra Lingelbach
Description:
Dimension:H:7.500in W:5.500in D:6.500in Plaque: 9 x 7 x 1
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Bronze head, facing forward. Rough textured surface. Accompanied by plaque inscribed: "William Ezra Lingelbach, 1871-1962, Librarian of the Society 1942-1958. The Construction of this building, Library Hall, was largely the result of his foresight and devotion."
MUSEUM OBJECT
Creator:
Collected by:William Baldwin
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Scirpus georgianus
"Near Wilmington, October 31" Collected by:William Baldwin
MUSEUM OBJECT
Creator:
Collected by:Aloysius Enslen
MUSEUM OBJECT
Creator:
Collected by:David Thomas
MUSEUM OBJECT
Creator:
Collected by:Aloysius Enslen
MUSEUM OBJECT
Creator:
Collected by:Christian Frederick Denke
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Unknown, musci
Collected by:Christian Frederick Denke
MUSEUM OBJECT
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Bust of Franz Boas
Description:
Dimension:H:27.000in W:28.000in D:23.000in Without base: 24.5 x 21 x 15
Base: 2.5 x 28 x 23
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Life-size bust of head, shoulders, chest, and right hand of Franz Boas. Sitter wears tie, vest and jacket; facing forward with gaze upward. Full hair and moustache.
MUSEUM OBJECT
Creator:
Collected by:David Thomas
MUSEUM OBJECT
Alt. Title:
Bust of Alexander Hamilton
Description:
Dimension:H:24.000in
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Bust of Alexander Hamilton, in classical style. Band or strap across chest and over right shoulder. "J. Lanelli N 435" and "Hamilton" cast in shoulder. After 1794 bust by Giuseppe Ceracchi.
MUSEUM OBJECT
Creator:
Collected by:David Thomas
MUSEUM OBJECT
Creator:
Collected by:David Thomas
