Administered by Cornell University Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art Ithaca New York 14853
Located Cornell University Arts Quad, in front of Goldwin-Smith Hall Ithaca New York 14853
Date:
Cast 1915. Dedicated June 16, 1915
Notes:
Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985
Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York survey, 1994.
Image on file.
Karl Bitter / Jno. Williams Inc. N.Y. 1915 (On front of base:) ANDREW DICKSON WHITE/1832-1918/FRIEND AND COUNSELOR/OF/EZRA CORNELL/AND WITH HIM ASSOCIATED IN THE FOUNDING/OF THE CORNELL UNIVERSITY/ITS FIRST PRESIDENT 1865-1885/AND FOR FIFTY YEARS A MEMBER/OF ITS GOVERNING BOARD (On back of base:) This statue is given to Cornell University by/Henry Rubens Ickelhelmer of the Class of 1888/And a member the Board of the Trustees - 1915 signed Founder's mark appears.
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Summary:
A seated portrait of Andrew Dickson White dressed in the academic robes of a Doctor of Civil Law at Oxford University.
