Portrait Plaque of Thomas Gibbons Hawkes

Object Name: 
Portrait Plaque of Thomas Gibbons Hawkes

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Object Name: 
Portrait Plaque of Thomas Gibbons Hawkes
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States
Accession Number: 
75.7.4
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 55.6 cm, W: 41.2 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1924
Credit Line: 
Gift of Mrs. Sarah Hawkes Thornton
Web Description: 
This plaque was installed about 1924 in the Hawkes building on West Market Street in Corning.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Thornton, Sarah Hawkes (Mrs. James), Former Collection
1975-06-10
Category: 
Crystal City
Color: 
bronze
Technique: 
casting
Material: 
bronze
Inscription: 
THOMAS * GIBBONS * HAWKES/FOUNDER OF/T.G.HAWKES & Co/MDCCCLXXX
Inscription
: 
Inscribed below bust in block letters

Description

Primary 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.

Publications (2)

Pre-Persian and Persian Glass: Some Observations on Objects in the Corning Museum of Glass (1980) illustrated, p. 52, fig. 14, center; BIB# 23036
Pre-Persian and Persian Glass: Some Observations on Objects in the Corning Museum of Glass (1980) illustrated, p. 52, fig. 14, center; BIB# 107941