The statue's inscription— JOHN HARVARD • FOUNDER • 1638 —is the subject of an arch polemic, traditionally recited for visitors, questioning whether John Harvard justly merits the honorific founder.
(5) … because this statue is frequently peed upon for good luck. It is also not John Harvard – no one knows how he looked. (4) do take a photo at the steps of the Widener Library. It is a memorial to Harry Widener, who perished with the Titanic in 1912. Harry has a study room inside, and a desk with a vase replenished with fresh flowers every day.
Harvard Bixi (Widener) This 27-ton marble stele adjacent to Widener Library dates back to imperial China, when it was kept in the Old Summer Palace in Beijing. Alumni involved in Harvard Clubs in China acquired the original stele in 1936 and donated it to the University in honor of the Tercentennial Ceremony.
Photograph courtesy of David H. Abramson. … How Clean Is John Harvard? … The John Harvard statue is probably the most touched object in the University.
Some early critics of the statue thought the College’s memorial should depict the mythical Clio instead of a faux John Harvard. Daniel Chester French’s sculpture might’ve been inspired by the 1592 Dutch print of Clio by Hendrick Goltzius that depicts the Greek muse of history seated with a tablet on her lap and two books at her feet.
External links Media related to Statue of David Lloyd George, Parliament Square, London at Wikimedia Commons David Lloyd George – Parliament Square, London, UK at Waymarking.com The statue of David Lloyd George is an outdoor bronze sculpture of former British Prime Minister David Lloyd George by Glynn Williams , located at Parliament Square in London , United Kingdom.
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if the formal title of the artwork is John Harvard then the article title should probably be John Harvard (statue) or maybe John Harvard (monument) though there's a JH monument at the Phipps Street Burying Ground which may deserve an article of its own and which would have a claim on the same title.
The battle at Concord’s Old North Bridge is commemorated by The Minute Man, a statue in Concord sculpted by former MIT student Daniel Chester French, who would later become famous for sculpting the colossal marble statue of Abraham Lincoln at the Lincoln Memorial.
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