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Catalog Number |
58.S.38 |
Object Name |
Bas-Relief |
Title |
Bas-Relief with Portrait of Albert Abraham Michelson |
Artist |
Cohen, Katherine M. |
Date |
1893 |
Description |
Bas-relief profile portrait of subject facing his right. He has short hair, and a full, bushy mustache covering his mouth. He wears a collared shirt and heavy coat. Plaster relief is inset in oversized opening of a wooden frame. Signed "K.M. Cohen SC 1893" on lower right corner. |
Label |
Physicist Albert Abraham Michelson was the first American to win a Nobel Prize in science. He is known for establishing methods to measure the speed of light. |
Medium |
Painted plaster |
Dimensions |
H-20.75 W-14.5 D-1.5 inches |
Dimension Details |
With frame: 25" H x 18.375" W x 1.5" D |
Credit line |
American Philosophical Society. Gift of Katherine M. Cohen, 1911. |
Search Terms |
19th century nineteenth century sculpture scientist profile physics |