Photographic studies for a bust of Oliver Wendell Holmes
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Title
Photographic studies for a bust of Oliver Wendell Holmes
Subject
Photographs
Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894
Bartlett, Truman Howe, 1835-1923 (artist)
Description
Sculptor Truman Howe Bartlett made these photographs and measurements of Holmes at the age of 75 with the intention of making a bust, but the project was abandoned as “the necessary sittings were irksome to the subject.” After Holmes’ death, the City of Boston commissioned a bust to be made, and Bartlett secured the work for one of his former students, Richard Edwin Brooks (1865-1919), and passed over to him the glass negatives of the photographs. The original bronze bust was sculpted in Paris by Brooks in 1896 and presented to the Boston Public Library; a copy was made for the Boston Medical Library and placed in Holmes Hall.
Abstract
Four photographs of Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894) used as a model for the bronze bust sculpture
Creator
Bartlett, Truman Howe, 1835-1923
Date Created
1875, circa
Rights
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Access Rights
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Is Part Of
Boston Medical Library Art Collection
Format
image
Extent
4 photographs
Medium
black and white photograph
Type
still image
Identifier
DigID0002135
Provenance
Reproduced from originals in the collections of the Boston Medical Library
Files
Citation
Bartlett, Truman Howe, 1835-1923, “Photographic studies for a bust of Oliver Wendell Holmes,” OnView: Digital Collections & Exhibits, accessed May 30, 2023, https://collections.countway.harvard.edu/onview/items/show/6276.
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