Elihu Yale (1649-1721), (sculpture).

Elihu Yale (1649-1721), (sculpture).

Lawrie, Lee Oskar, 1877-1963, sculptor.

Roman Bronze Works, founder.

Elihu Yale (1649-1721), (sculpture).

Bronze, silver gilt.

8 3/4 x 6 1/2 x 1 in. (22.2 x 16.5 x 2.5 cm).

(Signed bottom right edge:) LEE LAWRIE / FECIT (Inscribed verso, center:) HENRICO PARKS WRIGHT / COLLEGII YALENSIS / DECANTAV ANNOS XXV / SVMMA CVM LAVDE/PERFVNCTO GRATI ET / AMANTES COLLEGAE / MCMIX (Verso, upper center: Yale University seal) LUX ET VERITAS (Verso, lower center flanking raised design of a sailing ship:) MARE LIBERVM (Foundry mark bottom left edge:) ROMAN BRONZE WORKS N.Y. signed Founder's mark appears.

Portrait male -- Yale, Elihu -- Full length

Yale University, Yale University Library, New Haven, Connecticut 06520

Gift of Wright, Henry P.,

Award presented to Henry P. Wright by the professors of Yale College in honor of his 25th anniversary of the deanship.

Yale University Art Gallery, 1988.

Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.

Freedman, Paula B. and Robin Jaffee Frank, "A Checklist of American Sculpture at Yale University," New Haven, CT: Yale University Art Gallery, 1992.

Freedman, Paula B., "A Checklist of American Sculpture at Yale University," New Haven, CT: Yale University Art Gallery, 1992, pg. 94.

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