Theodore Dwight Woolsey (1801-1881) Yale University Art Gallery

1896

American Paintings and Sculpture

On view, Campus Grounds

Medium: Bronze, original patina obscured by corrosion
Dimensions: 89 3/4 × 67 3/4 × 39 3/4 in. (228 × 172.1 × 101 cm)
Credit Line: Anonymous Gift
Accession Number: 1896.5
Geography: Made in New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Culture: American
Period: 19th or 20th century
Classification: Sculpture
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Object copyright

No Copyright - United States

Additional information

Object/Work type

human figures (visual works), portraits

Subject

authors professors scholars

Marks

Foundry: The Henry-Bonnard Bronze Company, New York; mark, proper left rear of base: CAST BY THE HENRY - BONNARD BRONZE CO N.Y. 1896

Inscriptions

Inscribed proper right side of pedestal: THEODORVS DWIGHT WOOLSEY; proper left side: PROFESSOR LINGVAE ET LITTERARVM GRAEGARVM MDCCCXXXI - MDCCCLI / PRAESES COLLEGII YALENSIS MDCCCXLVI - MDCCCLXXI

Signed

Signature proper right side of base: Jno. F. Weir. / Sculptor

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