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Natural History Museum
London
Title
Frederick Ducane Godman (1834–1919), DCL, FRS, and Osbert Salvin (1835–1898), FRS
Date
1923
Medium
bronze & Hopton Wood stone
Measurements
H 128 x W 128 x D (?) cm
Accession number
1034/05
Acquisition method
gift from the Godman and Salvin Memorial Committee, chaired by Lord Rothschild; unveiled, 1923
Work type
Relief
Signature/marks description
front, on lower right: F. Arnold Wright. Sc. / 1923
Inscription description
relief lettering: BIOLOGIA / CENTRALI / AMERICANA / TO COMMEMORATE / THE SERVICES / TO NATURAL SCIENCE / AND TO THE MUSEUM / OF / FREDERICK DUCANE GODMAN / D.C.L. F.R.S. / AND / OSBERT SALVIN / F.R.S. / THIS TABLET IS PLACED HERE BY / SOME OF THEIR FRIENDS AND ADMIRERS / O.S. / 1835–1898 / F.D.G. / 1834–1919
