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Natural History Museum

London

Title

Sir Richard Owen (1804–1892)

Date

1880

Medium

plaster

Measurements

H 75 x W 55 x D (?) cm

Accession number

1052/05

Work type

Bust

Signature/marks description

etched into base, side: Hamo Thomycroft / sc 1880

Inscription description

integral base: OWEN; plaque on plinth: SIR RICHARD OWEN, / K.C.B., M.D., D.C.L., L.L.D., F.R.S., &C., &C. / SUPERINTENDENT OF THE / NATURAL HISTORY DEPARTMENTS / OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM / FROM 1856 TO 1883. / BORN, / 20TH. JULY, 1804. / DIED, / 18TH. DECR., 1892. / "Accesserunt ossa ad ossa, unumquodque ad juncturam suam." / EZECH. XXXVII. 7.

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