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Portrait Plaque

Portrait Plaque

 
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Object Name: 
Portrait plaque
Title: 
Portrait Plaque
Department
American
Category
Crystal City
Maker(s)
Gorham Manufacturing Company, Maker
Place Made: 
United States
Date: 
1924
Color
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bronze
Technique
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casting
Material
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bronze
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 55.6 cm, W: 41.2 cm
Accession Number: 
75.7.4
Credit Line: 
Gift of Mrs. Sarah Hawkes Thornton
Location: 
On Display
Description
Bronze; cast. Rectangular plaque with portrait of Thomas Gibbons Hawkes in bas-relief, quarter profile. "R SCHULZE" on collar and "THOMAS GIBBONS HAWKES/FOUNDER OF /T.G.HAWKES & CO./MDCCCLXXX" beneath; "GORHAM CO/FOUNDERS" in lower right.
Label Text
This plaque was installed about 1924 in the Hawkes building on West Market Street in Corning.
Inscription
THOMAS * GIBBONS * HAWKES/FOUNDER OF/T.G.HAWKES & Co/MDCCCLXXX
Inscription
:
Inscribed below bust in block letters
Provenance
Thornton, Sarah Hawkes (Mrs. James), Former Collection
1975-06-10

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