Osborn, Henry Fairfield, 1857-1935
Person
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
[Celebration of the Year of the Horse]
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Identifier: Art Survey No. 588
Scope and Contents
Chinese painting in celebration of the year of the horse, presented to Prof. Osborn by Dr. Bashford Dean. It was once one continuous strip; it was cut, mounted and framed for Osborn Library ca. 1944.
Originally one painting cut into 8 pieces and framed. Each strip shows different scenes of horses in herds, standing, running, squatting; one is of deity sitting on clouds; clouds and horses around him.
Originally one painting cut into 8 pieces and framed. Each strip shows different scenes of horses in herds, standing, running, squatting; one is of deity sitting on clouds; clouds and horses around him.
Henry Fairfield Osborn (1857-1935) / Behind subject's shoulder "M. Flinsch Buba 1938"
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Identifier: Art Survey No. 653
Scope and Contents
Portrait bust of Henry Fairfield Osborn, Paleontologist and AMNH President from 1908-1933. Inscription: On base plate "For Him the Dry Bones Came to Life/and Giant Forms of Ages Past/Rejoined the Pageant of the Living." On marble base "Joy Flinsch Buba/1942".
Henry Fairfield Osborn (1857-1935) / LL "Lamar"
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Identifier: Art Survey No. 1257
Henry Fairfield Osborn (1857-1935) / Subject's left shoulder "Chester Beach 1917"
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Identifier: Art Survey No. 565
