Wellesley College Library Doors and Lintel, (sculpture).

Wellesley College Library Doors and Lintel, (sculpture).

Longman, Evelyn Beatrice, 1874-1954, sculptor.

Jno. Williams, Inc., founder.

Wellesley College Library Doors and Lintel, (sculpture).

Horsford Memorial Doors, (sculpture).

H. 13 ft. x W. 6 ft.

(On lintel:) NON MINISTRARI/SED MINISTRARE (On lintel:) TO KALON/1886 (On bottom edge of lintel:) 1818 EBEN NORTON HORSFORD 1893 (On left door, below male figure:) SAPIENTIA (On bottom edge of left door, founder's mark:) JNO WILLIAMS INC./FOUNDRY N.Y. (On right door, below female figure:) CARITAS (On bottom edge of right door:) EVELYN BEATRICE LONGMAN SC 1911 signed Founder's mark appears.

The lintel bears a wreath of laurel and daisies with the class of 1886's motto, "To Kalon" (The Beautiful); the school motto, "Non Misitrari Sed Ministrare" (Not to be served but to serve); and a dedication to Horsford. A garland of oak, acrons, hyacinths, and daisies frames the lintel. The doors are both divided into three panels, framed by the same garland as the lintel. The main panel of the left door depicts Wisdom as an old bearded man in classical robes and carrying a book. The right door depicts Love as a young woman in classical robes reaching down to a nude child standing by her knee. The top panel of each door contains a flaming urn and two serpents. The oak and acorn represent Wellesley College and the hyacinth recalls a gift Professor Horsford made to the members of the Class of 1886.

Homage -- Horsford, Eben Norton

Allegory -- Quality -- Prudence

Allegory -- Passion -- Love

Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Wellesley

Administered by Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts 02181

Located Wellesley College, Library, Wellesley, Massachusetts 02181

Donated to Wellesley College by the Class of 1886 in honor of their professor, Eben Norton Horsford, who served as their advisor and mentor.

Samu, Margaret, 2002.

Rabetz, Marilyn & Walter, "Evelyn Beatrice Longman Batchelder exhibition, April 24 to June 15, 1993," Windsor, CT: Richmond Art Center of the Loomis Chaffee School, 1993, inside front cover.

Rabetz, Marilyn & Walter, "Evelyn Beatrice Longman Batchelder exhibition, April 24 to June 15, 1993," Windsor, CT: Richmond Art Center of the Loomis Chaffee School, 1993, inside front cover.

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