Collection Highlights
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Date:
1864
Object Number:
PR.011.5
Medium:
Albumen print mounted on card (Carte de Visite)
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Dr. Harvey Williams Cushing (1869-1939)
Object Number:
1951.450
Date:
1948
Medium:
Light brown painted plaster
Dimensions:
Overall: 23 in. (58.4 cm)
Marks:
signed: left shoulder: "Malvina Hoffman/1948"
inscribed: front of base: "HARVEY CUSHING 1869-1939"
Description:
Portrait bust
Gallery Label:
The bronze is in the Cushing Medical Library, Yale University. Cushing was a noted brain surgeon and Professor of Neurology at Yale, and the head surgeon at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston.
Credit Line:
Gift of the artist
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
