plaque

Object NamePortrait Plaque of Thomas Gibbons Hawkes

Maker Gorham Manufacturing Company

Made FromBronze

Date1924

Place MadeUnited States

Techniquecast

SizeOverall H: 55.6 cm, W: 41.2 cm

Accession Number75.7.4

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Sarah Hawkes Thornton

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Not On View

Interpretive Notes

Web Text

This plaque was installed about 1924 in the Hawkes building on West Market Street in Corning.

Physical DescriptionBronze; cast. Rectangular plaque with portrait of Thomas Gibbons Hawkes in bas-relief, quarter profile. "R SCHULZE" on collar and "THOMAS GIBBONS HAWKES/FOUNDER OF /T.G.HAWKES & CO./MDCCCLXXX" beneath; "GORHAM CO/FOUNDERS" in lower right.
Provenance

Former Collection Mrs. Sarah (James) Hawkes Thornton - 1975-06-10

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