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Sir George Gabriel Stokes, Bart (1819-1903), Lucasian Professor of Mathematics, Cambridge, 1849-1903; Master of Pembroke College, 1902
Sculptor: Thornycroft, William Hamo
Bust. White marble. The sitter is turned to the front, facing and looking slightly right. He is bare-headed, with luxuriant hair and side-whiskers. He wears an academical gown over a double-breasted coat with bow tie and stand up collar.
Given to the University by the Subscribers, and accepted to be placed in the Fitzwilliam Museum
Method of acquisition: Given (1899) by Cambridge University Subscribers
19th Century, Late#
Victoria
Production date:
AD 1897
This bust was commissioned in 1897 for presentation to the University in acknowledgement of Sir George Gabriel Stokes’ long tenure of the Lucasian Professorship of Mathematics. It is a replica of Thornycroft’s bust at Pembroke College, commissioned in the same year to commemorate the sixtieth anniversary of Stokes’ connection with Cambridge. He had been admitted to Pembroke College in 1837 and became its Master in 1902.
Bust
Height 26 in
Plinth
Height 6 in
Carving : White marble
Inscription present: signed and dated
Accession number: M.2-1899
Primary reference Number: 30955
External ID: CAM_CCF_M_2_1899
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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