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Photograph by Dave Revette.
Phrenology Head
Photograph by Dave Revette.
Artist/Maker (American, 1811 - 1896)
Date19th century
MediumClay with glaze
DimensionsOverall: 27.9 x 12.1 cm (11 x 4 3/4 in.)
Credit LineGift of James Taylor Dunn, Class of 1936, in memory of Carl Carmer, Class of 1914
Object number1994.39
Not on view
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Additional Details

Exhibition History 2015
Clinton, NY. Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College. "Archive Hall: Art and Artifacts," September 1, 2015 - ongoing (no catalog).

2014
Clinton, NY. Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College. "Find and Seek," September 2014 - August 28, 2015 (no catalog).

2012
Clinton, NY. Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College. "Case Histories: The Hidden Meaning of Objects," October 6, 2012 - September 2014 (no cat.).
Provenance 1994: Hamilton College (Emerson Gallery), by gift of James Taylor Dunn.
Published References Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College, "Acquisitions 1994," FRIENDS OF ART NEWSLETTER (August 1995).
Signature Signed on left side of base: "L.N. Fowler Ludgate Circus London"; Signed on right side of base: "Entered at Stationers Hall"
Inscribed Inscribed on bottom of base in black typeset: "Remembering Our Friends Carl & Betty Carmer / Jim and Marie Dunn, Cooperstown, NY"
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