Record

RefNoS/0082
LevelItem
TitlePortrait medallion of Hooker, Joseph Dalton
ArtistBowcher, Frank
Date1898
DescriptionRelief sculpture of Joseph Dalton Hooker, based on one face of a medal presented to Hooker by the Linnean Society in 1898 to commemorate the completion of his botanical survey of India. Inscribed: ‘J.D.H’ ‘ÆT / LXXX’ ‘F. BOWCHER. F. 1898’.
ObjectNameSculpture
MaterialsBronze
Dimensions230 mm (diameter); 325 x 325 mm (frame)
AccessStatusOpen
ProvenancePresented by John Evans, November 1898. (CMP/7/87)
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA7983Hooker; Sir; Joseph Dalton (1817 - 1911); botanist1817 - 1911
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