COLUMBIA COLLEGE COMMENCEMENT

Artist ROBERT WALTER WEIR (1803 - 1889)

Date1832

CountryUSA

MediumEtching

DimensionsOverall: 27.3 × 29.2 cm (10 3/4 × 11 1/2")
10.2 × 14.6 cm (4 × 5 3/4") (Image)

ClassificationsPrint

Credit LineBrigham Young University Museum of Art, purchase/gift of Mahonri M. Young Estate

Terms

Object number824001444

DescriptionThis is an etching of a woman standing on a pedestal, dressed in a classical toga, with spear in proper right hand, shield resting against her leg and held in proper left hand, and a helmet on her head. A ruined classical building is in the background, with lyres to the left of the figure and foliage in the foreground, surrounding a plaque bearing inscription: "COLUMBIA COLLEGE/COMMENCEMENT./1832."

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