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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., (sculpture). Artist:  Brooks, Richard Edwin, 1865-1919, sculptor. Title:  Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., (sculpture). Dates:  1902. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Bronze. Dimensions:  15 1/2 x 10 x 7 in. Inscription:  (On lower back, under proper right shoulder, incised:) R E Brooks / cire perdu / 1902 signed Description:  Bust of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. wearing a suit and bowtie. Below the bust there is a relief of an olive branch on the front of the integral base. Subject:  Portrait male -- Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Sr. -- Bust Occupation -- Medicine -- Doctor Occupation -- Education -- Teacher Occupation -- Writer -- Poet Object Type:  Sculpture Owner:  Restricted Owner, Santa Barbara, California Remarks:  Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809-1894) was a physician, medical professor, and poet, and was the father of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., American jurist and associate justice of the U.S.Supreme Court. The bust was created from photos taken in 1884 when the subject was 75 years old and is true even to the lopsided bowtie. References:  Owner, 2022. 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 9F700025   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 9F700025 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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