Currently not on view
James McCosh (1811-1894),
1889
Augustus Saint-Gaudens, 1848–1907; born Dublin, Ireland; died Cornish, NH
PP36
This relief of James McCosh, Princeton University's eleventh president, is located in the north transept of the University Chapel. Created by Augustus Saint-Gaudens, the renowned sculptor of the Beaux-Art style, the original was severely damaged in the 1920 fire that destroyed the Chapel. This relief, a copy, was made from a cast made from the original.
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Title
James McCosh (1811-1894)
Dates
1889
Maker
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
252.7 x 141.6 cm (99 1/2 x 55 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Princeton University, presented in 1929 by the Class of 1879 on its 50th reunion
Object Number
PP36
Signatures
Signed: AUGUSTUS SAINT GAUDENS / FECIT
Inscription
On front: GORHAM CO. FOUNDERS;
above: JAMES MCCOSH D.D. LL.D. FOR TWENTY YEARS PRESIDENT OF PRINCETON COLLEGE OCTOBER XVII MDCCCLXVIII. JVNE XX MDCCCLXXXVIII. ERECTED IN HIS HONOR BY THE CLASS OF MDCCCLXXIX. JVNEXVIII MDCCCLXXXIX.
Culture
Materials
Subject
- Catalogue of a memorial exhibition of the works of Augustus Saint-Gaudens, (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1908).
- Donald D. Egbert, Princeton Portraits, (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1947)., fig. 91; p. 139-140
- Betsy Rosasco, "The teaching of art and the museum tradition: Joseph Henry to Allan Marquand," in "An art museum for Princeton: the early years", special issue, Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 55, no. 1/2 (1996): p. 7-52., p. 27, fig. 14
