Goldwin Smith Portrait
- Title:
- Goldwin Smith Portrait
- Collection:
- Campus Artifacts, Art & Memorabilia
- Creator:
- Ezekiel, Moses Jacob (American sculptor, 1844-1917)
- Photographer:
- Espinosa de los Monteros, Pamela
- Date:
- ca. 1844-1917
- Location:
- Uris Library, Arthur H. Dean Reading Room
formerly located in Goldwin Smith Hall, main entrance lobby, Cornell University - Country:
- United States
- ID Number:
- artsdb_0312
- Accession Number:
- W84-57.4
UL-D-S7 - File Name:
- artsdb_0312.jpg
- Culture:
- American
- Work Type:
- portraits
busts - Materials/Techniques:
- Marble
- Subject:
- Smith, Goldwin, 1823-1910
College teachers - Image View Type:
- General
- Image View Description:
- Front View
- Description:
- Goldwin Smith (1823-1910), renowned historian, journalist and former professor of Oxford University. Smith formed part of the first faculty of Cornell University, giving the new University instant credibility. Smith helped establish the department of humanities as the Chair of English and professor of constitutional history from 1868-1872. He accepted no salary for his work as a faculty member, donated his private library to the university, and named the school as the primary beneficiary of his will for the promotion of liberal studies [Patricia H. Gaffney, Goldwin Smith Papers Printed Microfilm Collection Guide, Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library, 1971, http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/EAD/pdf_guides/RMA00134_mf.pdf]. Goldwin Smith was an avid advocate of the humanities and liberal arts. For this reason, Goldwin Smith Hall is named in his honor, as the first building dedicated to the humanities, and the original home of the College of Arts and Sciences ["New Building Dedicated," Cornell Alumni News, Cornell University, June 20, 1906, ecommons.cornell.edu/bitstream/1813/26010/1/008_37.pdf].
More information on Goldwin Smith may be found in:
Patricia H. Gaffney, Goldwin Smith Papers Printed Microfilm Collection Guide, Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library, 1971, http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/EAD/pdf_guides/RMA00134_mf.pdf
American painter Moses Jacob Ezekiel was born in Richmond, Virginia. He served as a confederate cadet during the battle of New Market (1864) in the Civil War. After graduating from the Virginia Military Institute, he enrolled briefly at the Medical College of Virginia where he was encouraged to pursue art by General Robert E. Lee [Ezekiel, Moses Jacob, Joseph Gutmann, and Stanley F. Chyet. 1975. Memoirs from the Baths of Diocletian. Detroit: Wayne State University Press
Oppenheim, Samson D. ”Moses Jacob Ezekiel.” The American Jewish year book. 1917. American Jewish Year Book. Philadelphia: The Jewish publication Society of America]. He traveled to Berlin and Rome and studied at the Royal Academy of Art under Albert Wolf. He was admitted into the Society of Artists in Berlin based on the merits of his bust of President George Washington ["EZEKIEL, Moses," 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]. In 1873 he was the first non-German to win the Michael-Beer Prize of Rome [Oppenheim, Samson D. 1917. The American Jewish year book. American Jewish Year Book. Philadelphia: The Jewish publication Society of America]. Other honors received by Ezekiel include: Knighthood from the King of Italy, Order of Merit in Art from the Duke of Saxe- Meiningen, and Knighthood by Emperor of Germany with a Cross of Merit in Art [Oppenheim, Samson D. 1917. The American Jewish year book. American Jewish Year Book. Philadelphia: The Jewish publication Society of America]. Ezekiel completed nearly 200 monuments, busts and reliefs in the United States and Europe [Falk, Peter H., Audrey M. Lewis, Georgia Kuchen, and Veronika Roessler. “Ezekiel, Moses J.”1999. Who was who in American art, 1564-1975: 400 years of artists in America. Madison, CT: Sound View Press]. Among his most notable works are: “Virginia Mourning Her Dead,” Jefferson Monument Louisville, Kentucky with a replica for the University of Virginia, Confederate Memorial in Arlington Cemetery, Bust of Franz Liszt, and “Religious Liberty,” created for the 1876 Centennial Exhibition in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia. Ezekiel lived most of his life in Rome, Italy where he maintained a studio in the Baths of Diocletian [Ezekiel, Moses Jacob, Joseph Gutmann, and Stanley F. Chyet. 1975. Memoirs from the Baths of Diocletian. Detroit: Wayne State University Press]. - Source:
- Patricia H. Gaffney, Goldwin Smith Papers Printed Microfilm Collection Guide, Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library, 1971, http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/EAD/pdf_guides/RMA00134_mf.pdf
Ezekiel, Moses Jacob, Joseph Gutmann, and Stanley F. Chyet. 1975. Memoirs from the Baths of Diocletian. Detroit: Wayne State University Press.
"Ezekiel, Moses," 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.
Falk, Peter H., Audrey M. Lewis, Georgia Kuchen, and Veronika Roessler. “Ezekiel, Moses J.”1999. Who was who in American art, 1564-1975: 400 years of artists in America. Madison, CT: Sound View Press.
Oppenheim, Samson D. ”Moses Jacob Ezekiel.” The American Jewish year book. 1917. American Jewish Year Book. Philadelphia: The Jewish publication Society of America - 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.