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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Weir, John Ferguson,     Henry-Bonnard Bronze Company,     Portrait male -- Wolsey, Theodore Dwight     Occupation -- Education     Outdoor Sculpture -- Connecticut -- New Haven     Sculpture

Theodore Dwight Woolsey (1801-1889), (sculpture). Artist:  Weir, John Ferguson, 1841-1926, sculptor. Henry-Bonnard Bronze Company, founder. Title:  Theodore Dwight Woolsey (1801-1889), (sculpture). Dates:  1896. Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: marble. Dimensions:  89 3/4 x 67 3/4 x 39 3/4 in. (228 x 172.1 x 101 cm); Base: 55 x 63 1/2 x 90 1/2 in. (139.7 x 161.3 x 229.9 cm). Inscription:  (Signature proper right side of base:) Jno. F. Weir. / Sculptor (Inscribed proper right side of base:) THEODORVS DWIGHT WOOLSEY (Proper left side of base:) PROFESSOR LINGVAE ET LITTERARVM GRAEGARVM MDCCCXXI - MDCCLI / PRAESES COLLEGII YALENSIS MDCCCXLVI-MDCCCLXXI (Foundry mark, proper left rear of base:) CAST BY THE HENRY - BONNARD BRONZE Co N.Y. 1896 signed Founder's mark appears. Description:  Seated pportrait of Woolsey dressed in cape and gown. Subject:  Portrait male -- Wolsey, Theodore Dwight -- Full length Occupation -- Education Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Connecticut -- New Haven Sculpture Owner:  Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520 Accession Number: 1896.5 References:  Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985. National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, CT0028, 1989. Yale University Art Gallery, 1988. Monumental News, July 1895, pg. 426. Freedman, Paula B. and Robin Jaffee Frank, "A Checklist of American Sculpture at Yale University," New Haven, CT: Yale University Art Gallery, 1992. Office of Cultural Affairs, City of New Haven, 2007. Illustration:  Freedman, Paula B., "A Checklist of American Sculpture at Yale University," New Haven, CT: Yale University Art Gallery, 1992, pg. 184. Image on file. 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 77006213   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 77006213 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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