pink marble specimen
Date: 1796
Inventory Number: 0046d
Classification: Mineral
Subject:
Donor: James Bowdoin III (1752 - 1811)
Place of Origin:
Dimensions:
5.7 x 6.3 x 1 cm (2 1/4 x 2 1/2 x 3/8 in.)
Bibliography:
The Apparatus of Science at Harvard, 1765-1800
Description:
Rectangle of polished pink marble, which is one of 120 specimens. The others are held in three frames.
A paper label is glued to the back with fading ink. It is written in an 18th century hand. A larger, darker inscription is written alongside the text and reads, "159th." It likely refers to an inventory number.
A paper label is glued to the back with fading ink. It is written in an 18th century hand. A larger, darker inscription is written alongside the text and reads, "159th." It likely refers to an inventory number.
Signedunsigned
Historical AttributesOn 1 June 1796, the Trustees of Harvard College asked Dr. Benjamin Waterhouse, the keeper of the mineral cabinet, to send their thanks to James Bowdoin for his gift of "one hundred and twenty specimens of European Marble." The marbles were mounted on three wooden panels. This is a specimen removed from a panel.
Published ReferencesDavid P. Wheatland, The Apparatus of Science at Harvard, 1765-1800 (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1968), 199.
