Welles Bosworth Portrait Medal

Paul Manship, Welles Bosworth Portrait Medal, 1920, bronze, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the artist, 1965.16.103
Copied Paul Manship, Welles Bosworth Portrait Medal, 1920, bronze, 3 3⁄4 in. (9.5 cm) diam., Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the artist, 1965.16.103

Artwork Details

Title
Welles Bosworth Portrait Medal
Artist
Date
1920
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
3 3⁄4 in. (9.5 cm) diam.
Credit Line
Gift of the artist
Mediums
Mediums Description
bronze
Classifications
Subjects
  • Figure female — nude
  • Figure female — full length
  • Allegory — arts and sciences — architecture
  • Occupation — art — architect
  • Mythology — classical — Graces
  • Portrait male — Bosworth, Welles — bust
Object Number
1965.16.103
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1965.16.103

Artwork Description

William Welles Bosworth (1869-1966) was the architect of several buildings on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus, as well as a friend of Paul Manship’s. “Bozzy” also designed the New York City headquarters of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company and in 1914 commissioned Manship to create a wide range of reliefs and sculptural elements for the building. This is one of many medals Manship designed in tribute to his friends and colleagues. The figure of Euphrosyne, or Joy, on the reverse is one of the Three Graces described in classical mythology.