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Jenkins, Frank Lynn,
Trumbauer, Horace,
Roman Bronze Works,
Portrait male -- Harrison, Charles Custis
Occupation -- Education
Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
Sculpture
Charles Custis Harrison LLD, (sculpture).
Artist:
Jenkins, Frank Lynn, 1870-1927, sculptor.
Trumbauer, Horace, designer.
Roman Bronze Works, founder.
Title:
Charles Custis Harrison LLD, (sculpture).
Dates:
Dedicated June 13, 1925.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Figure: bronze; Base: limestone.
Dimensions:
Figure: approx. 62 x 38 x 47 in.; Base: approx. 44 x 198 x 202 in.
Inscription:
(Front of base:) CHARLES CUSTIS HARRISON LLD/1844-1929/TRUSTEE 1876-1929/PROVOST 1894-1911/BY HIS WORKS YOU SHALL KNOW HIM (Proper left side of base:) A GREAT AND WISE ADMINISTRATOR/UPBUILDER AND BENEFACTOR/OF THE UNIVERSITY/IN ALL HIS WORK/INSPIRED AND ASSISTED/BY HIS BELOVED WIFE (On back of base:) MINUTE OF THE TRUSTEES/"DURING HIS EVENTFUL ADMINISTRATION/THERE HAVE BEEN ADDED UNDER HIS FERTILE RULE/HOWARD HOUSTON HALL UNIVERSITY MUSEUM/JOHN HARRISON LABORATORY OF CHEMISTRY/TWENTY-NINE DORMITORY HOUSES/RANDAL MORGAN LABORATORY OF PHYSICS (On back of base, along lower edge:) PRESENTED BY JOHN CROMWELL BELL CLASS OF 1884 (Proper right side of base:) LAW SCHOOL BUILDING MEDICAL LABORATORY BUILDING/ENGINEERING BUILDING DENTAL SCHOOL BUILDING/VETERINARY BUILDING FLOWER ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY/UNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT HOUSE GYMNASIUM/HOSPITAL BUILDINGS MEDICAL LABORATORY ANNEX/ZOOLOGICAL LABORATORY BENNETT HALL/HENRY PHIPPS INSTITUTE ATHLETIC (...illegible)/GEORGE LEIR HARRISON FOUNDATION unsigned
Description:
Male figure seated in chair. He is dressed in academic robes. His proper right hand holds a scroll, and his proper left hand rests on arm of chair. His proper right foot is slightly forward and extends over edge of bronze plinth. There are books under the proper left side of the chair.
Subject:
Portrait male -- Harrison, Charles Custis -- Full length
Occupation -- Education
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by University of Pennsylvania, Office of the Curator, 100 College Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104
Located University of Pennsylvania, Quadrangle Dormitories, 3700 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104
Remarks:
The sculpture was a gift from John Cromwell Bell. Horace Trumbauer designed the base.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia survey, 1992.
Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.
University of Pennsylvania, University Archives, 1970.
Fairmount Park Art Assoc., "Sculpture of a City: Philadelphia's Treasures in Bronze & Stone," NY: Walker Publ., 1974.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Fairmount Park Art Assoc., "Sculpture of a City: Philadelphia's Treasures in Bronze & Stone," NY: Walker Publ., 1974, pg. 302.
Note:
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Repository:
Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
Control Number:
IAS 76006522
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Inventory of American Sculpture
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