Edward Alexander MacDowell
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Caption
Helen Farnsworth Mears (American, 1871–1916). Edward Alexander MacDowell, 1906. Bronze, Bronze plaque: 33 3/16 x 39 3/4 x 1 3/16 in. (84.3 x 101 x 3 cm) Frame: 41 1/4 x 47 9/16 in. (104.8 x 120.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Anne Lupton Prince, 16.757. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
Collection
Collection
Artist
Title
Edward Alexander MacDowell
Date
1906
Medium
Bronze
Classification
Dimensions
Bronze plaque: 33 3/16 x 39 3/4 x 1 3/16 in. (84.3 x 101 x 3 cm) Frame: 41 1/4 x 47 9/16 in. (104.8 x 120.8 cm)
Signatures
In relief at lower left: "MODELLED . FROM . LIFE . / BY . HELEN . FARNSWORTH . / MEARS . / M.D.C.C.C.C.VI."; and inscribed along left edge: "COPYRIGHT . 1907 . BY . HELEN . FARNSWORTH . MEARS"
Inscriptions
In relief across top of plaque: "EDWARD . ALEXANDER . MAC-DOW-ELL . COMPOSER . MUSICIAN . AND . POET . ÆTATIS . XLV . / NIGHT . HAS . FALLEN . ON . A . DAY . OF . DEEDS."
Credit Line
Gift of Anne Lupton Prince
Accession Number
16.757
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