Collection Highlights
Dish: footed compote with cover
1825-1845
1936.693ab
Glass
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Barrett Wendell Medal
Title
Barrett Wendell Medal
Date
1905
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
diameter: 2 15/16 in. ( 7.4 cm )
Description
Bronze struck cliche of medal obverse depicting clothed male bust with surrounding legend: "BARRETT.WENDELL.ANNO.AETATIS.SVAE.L.T.S.S.FECIT.A.D.MCMV."
Object Number
INV.4928
Marks
Inscription: on bust truncation: "T.SPICER-SIMSON/1905"
Gallery Label
Barrett Wendell (1855-1921), an American educator and scholar, is perhaps best remembered for being the first teacher to offer a course in American literature at Harvard University (1898). His book "A Literary History of America" (1900) was one of the first systematic studies of the subject.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
