Facsimile telegram
Dublin Core
Title
Facsimile telegram
Subject
Telegrams
Poetry
Drawings (visual works)
Ipsen, Ludvig Sandöe
Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894
Description
Following Holmes’ resignation of his professorship at Harvard, the physicians of New York hosted a public dinner in his honor. Each guest was given a mock telegram from “The American Rabid Telegraph Company,” quoting lines from Holmes’ poem, “A noontide lyric,” and reproducing a cartoon by L. S. Ipsen, showing Holmes carrying bones and books, greeted at Delmonico’s by Fordyce Barker. In the background is a policeman, representing Governor Benjamin F. Butler, in front of the Boston State House where investigative hearings into the use of anatomical specimens from inmates at the State Almshouse at Tewksbury were underway.
Abstract
Mock telegram with lines from a poem by Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894) and an illustration by L. S. Ipsen
Creator
Ipsen, Ludvig Sandöe
Date Created
1883 April 12
Contributor
Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894
Rights
The Boston Medical Library does not hold copyright on all materials in this collection. For use information, consult Public Services at chm@hms.harvard.edu
Access Rights
Access to the original work depicted requires advance notice. Contact Public Services at chm@hms.harvard.edu for additional information
Is Part Of
Holmes Collection
Format
text
Extent
1 telegram, recto and verso
Language
English
Type
text
Identifier
DigID0002132
DigID0002133
Provenance
Gift of Dr. James Read Chadwick to the Boston Medical Library, 1901
Files
Collection
Citation
Ipsen, Ludvig Sandöe, “Facsimile telegram,” OnView, accessed May 9, 2024, https://collections.countway.harvard.edu/onview/index.php/items/show/6335.