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St. Christopher and the Christ Child

Artist

Artist unknown

Date

19th century

Medium

Copper

Dimensions

7 7/8 x 5 11/16 in. (20 x 14.5 cm) (oval)

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Aimee Lamb, 1979

Object Number

UH132

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    Artist unknown

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Artist

Artist unknown

Date

1854

Medium

Plaster

Dimensions

21 x 14 x 11 7/8 in. (53.3 x 35.6 x 30.2 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. H. Brooks Beck, 1977

Object Number

UH131

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    Artist unknown

Charles Dickens

Artist

Artist unknown

Date

n.d.

Medium

Parian ware

Dimensions

12 3/4 x 7 13/16 x 4 in. (32.4 x 19.8 x 10.1 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of the All Around Dickens Club, 1930

Object Number

UH120

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    Artist unknown

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    Artist unknown

Homer

Artist

Artist unknown

Date

about 1830

Medium

Plaster

Dimensions

27 1/16 x 15 1/16 x 13 1/16 in. (68.8 x 38.3 x 33.2 cm) (integral base)

Credit Line

Provenance unknown, by 1833

Object Number

UH12

Related Works

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    Artist unknown

  • St. Charles Borromeo

    Artist unknown

  • Menelaos

    Artist unknown

  • Marcus Aurelius

    Artist unknown

  • William Shimmin

    Artist unknown

William Shimmin

Artist

Artist unknown

Date

about 1850–1855

Medium

Marble

Dimensions

24 x 19 1/8 x 9 5/16 in. (61 x 48.5 x 23.7 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Marian Jeffries (Mrs. James H.) Means, 1916

Object Number

UH115

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  • Sophocles

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  • St. Charles Borromeo

    Artist unknown

  • Menelaos

    Artist unknown

  • Marcus Aurelius

    Artist unknown

  • Homer

    Artist unknown

Marcus Aurelius

Artist

Artist unknown

Date

about 1850

Medium

Plaster

Dimensions

29 3/8 x 19 1/4 x 11 3/4 in. (74.6 x 48.9 x 29.8 cm) (integral base)

Credit Line

Gift of the estate of Samuel Eliot Morison, 1977

Object Number

UH114

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    Artist unknown

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    Artist unknown

  • Menelaos

    Artist unknown

  • William Shimmin

    Artist unknown

  • Homer

    Artist unknown

Menelaos

Artist

Artist unknown

Date

n.d.

Medium

Bronze

Dimensions

16 1/4 in. (41.2 cm)

Object Number

UH112

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    Artist unknown

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    Artist unknown

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    Artist unknown

  • William Shimmin

    Artist unknown

  • Homer

    Artist unknown

St. Charles Borromeo

Artist

Artist unknown

Date

n.d.

Medium

Marble

Dimensions

8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm) (diameter)

Inscription

Inscribed: “SANCTVS CAROLVS B”

Credit Line

Gift of the Estate of Margaret H. Jewell, 1970

Object Number

UH11

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    Artist unknown

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    Artist unknown

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    Artist unknown

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    Artist unknown

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    Artist unknown

Sophocles

Artist

Artist unknown

Date

Copy, about 1845. Cast from the original in the Vatican Museums, Rome, Italy

Medium

Plaster

Dimensions

81 11/16 x 32 1/16 x 25 1/16 in. (207.5 x 81.5 x 63.6 cm)

Inscription

Inscribed on base: “Sophocles”

Credit Line

Gift of George C. Ward, 1858

Object Number

UH10

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    Artist unknown

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    Artist unknown

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