Smithsonian Institution

James Smithson Memorial Tablet

modeled 1896, cast after 1900

Type: Sculpture
Medium: plaster
Dimensions: 39 3/8 x 28 x 3 in. (100.0 x 71.0 x 7.7 cm.)
Credit: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution

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