Andrew Dickson White Portrait Bust
- Title:
- Andrew Dickson White Portrait Bust
- Collection:
- Campus Artifacts, Art & Memorabilia
- Creator:
- Simmons, Franklin (American sculptor, 1839-1913)
- Photographer:
- Espinosa de los Monteros, Pamela
- Location:
- Uris Library, Andrew D. White Library, Cornell University
- Country:
- United States
- ID Number:
- artsdb_1779
- Accession Number:
- W84-67.3
- File Name:
- artsdb_1779.jpg
- Culture:
- American
- Work Type:
- portraits
busts - Materials/Techniques:
- White marble
Rosso Levanto - Subject:
- White, Andrew Dickson, 1832-1918
College presidents - Image View Type:
- General
- Image View Description:
- Front View
- Description:
- Portrait bust of Cornell University co-founder and first president Andrew Dickson White (1866-1885).
More detailed information on Andrew D. White may be found in:
Engst, Elaine."Cornell’s Twelve Presidents: Andrew Dickson White, President, 1866-1885,” Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections-Cornell University Library, accessed April 26, 2012, http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/presidents/view_item.php?sec=3&sub=8.
Franklin Simmons (1892-1913) was an American artist. He is primarily known for his portraits. Some of his notable portrait subjects include Admiral Farragut, and Generals Grant, Sherman, and Hooker among others. “Throughout his life he created 100 portrait busts in marble and roughly 15 public monuments,” [“Simmons, Franklin,”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]. - Source:
- “Simmons, Franklin,”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.
- 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.