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Artist/Maker
Unknown artist, Chinese
Date1850-1880
MediumSoapstone
DimensionsOverall (2023.14.1): 40 × 10 1/4 in. (101.6 × 26 cm)
Credit LineJustus Doolittle, Class of 1846, by transfer from Hamilton College Archives, Burke Library
Object number2023.14.1-2
On view
DescriptionPair of soapstone architectural models of pagodas brought to Hamilton College by Justus Doolittle (1824-1880), class of 1846. Doolittle authored a book on Chinese culture as well as an early Chinese-English dictionary. He served as a missionary in the Foochow and Tientsen regions of China. Doolittle returned to the United States in poor health and died in Clinton in 1880.
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Pagodas (Set of Two)
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