Alonzo Barton Cornell Portrait Bust
- Title:
- Alonzo Barton Cornell Portrait Bust
- Collection:
- Campus Artifacts, Art & Memorabilia
- Creator:
- Berge, Edward (American sculptor, 1876-1924)
- Donor:
- Cornell, Mrs. Ester Elizabeth
- Photographer:
- Espinosa de los Monteros, Pamela
- Date:
- 1912
- Acquisition Date:
- 1912
- Location:
- Uris Library, Arthur H. Dean Reading Room, Cornell University
- Country:
- United States
- ID Number:
- artsdb_0115
- Accession Number:
- W84-21.3
UL-D-S9 - File Name:
- artsdb_0115.jpg
- Culture:
- American
- Work Type:
- portraits
busts - Materials/Techniques:
- White marble
- Subject:
- Cornell, Alonzo Barton, 1832-1904
College trustees - Image View Type:
- General
- Image View Description:
- Front View
- Description:
- Alonzo B. Cornell, eldest son of Ezra Cornell, founder of Cornell University. First Charter Trustee, 25th Governor of the State of New York (1880-1883). Presented to Cornell University by his wife Esther Elizabeth Cornell. 1912.
Eldest son of Ezra Cornell
American artist Edward Berg studied at the Reinhard School of Sculpture (now the Maryland Institute College of Art), and Academie Julian, Paris [“Berge, Edward." Marquis Who's Who, Inc, and Credo Reference (Firm). 2008. Marquis Who was who in America, 1607-1984. [New Providence, NJ]: Marquis Who's Who. http://www.credoreference.com/book/marqwas]. He is best known for his garden sculpture “Wildflower,” displayed at the 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition in San Francisco [“Berge, Edward.”1912. Panama Pacific International Exposition pictorial miscellany. Online Archive of California. http://oac.cdlib.org/view?docId=tf7k4010tf&developer=local&style=oac4&s=1&query=berge%2C+edward&x=24&y=6&servlet=view]. - Source:
- “Berge, Edward." Marquis Who's Who, Inc, and Credo Reference (Firm). 2008. Marquis Who was who in America, 1607-1984. [New Providence, NJ]: Marquis Who's Who. http://www.credoreference.com/book/marqwas.
“Berge, Edward.”1912. Panama Pacific International Exposition pictorial miscellany. Online Archive of California. http://oac.cdlib.org/view?docId=tf7k4010tf&developer=local&style=oac4&s=1&query=berge%2C+edward&x=24&y=6&servlet=view. - Repository:
- Cornell University
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- The content in the Campus Artifacts, Art & Memorabilia Collection is protected by copyright, and the copyright holders are Cornell University Library and the Cornell Association of Professors Emeritus. This collection was created by Cornell University Library in 2010, with funding from a Digital Collections in Arts and Sciences Grant to Howard Howland. Cornell is providing access to the materials for research and personal use. The written permission of any copyright and other rights holders is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use that extends beyond what is authorized by fair use and other statutory exemptions. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item. Please contact the Cornell Association of Professors Emeritus at cape@cornell.edu for more information about this collection, or to request permission to use these images.