Art Survey No. 502: Edward Drinker Cope (1840-1897), Archives state that in June 1931 Osborn ordered a copy of the Couper marble bust of Cope.
Scope and Contents
The Art Survey is an inventory of artwork throughout the Museum, conducted by Joel Sweimler in 1991-1992. It is not exhaustive: numerous additional artworks are documented in the library catalog after the survey's completion.
There is a physical copy of the survey that consists of seven volumes, printed from the original database. Volumes 1-4 contain records of art work in the American Museum of Natural History. There are two copies of an author index in three volumes. The database was migrated into the library catalog, and then copied to the archives catalog on this finding aid.
Additional research on artworks in the Museum is in progress.
Dates
- Creation: Archives state that in June 1931 Osborn ordered a copy of the Couper marble bust of Cope.
Creator
- Couper, William, 1853-1942 (Artist, Person)
Biographical sketch
Born in: Norfolk, VA;Died in: Easton, MD.
Full Extent
1 Object (1 sculpture : Plaster ; 21 x 12 in. ; 11 1/2)
Language of Materials
English
General Note
Paleontologist, one of the sculptures from pioneers of American Science.
General Note
Archives state that in June 1931 Osborn ordered a copy of the Couper marble bust of Cope.
General Note
Bust portrait.
General Note
Inscription: Inside head "Northside" base "Cope.".
General Note
Condition: Damaged, moustache broken (4).
General Note
http://libcat1.amnh.org/record=b1000501
Subject
Repository Details
Part of the Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library Repository
American Museum of Natural History
200 Central Park West
New York NY 10024 USA
(212) 769-5420
archives@amnh.org
