Arthur Henry Rostron

Object NameBas Relief design for Plaquette / Medal

Artist / Maker Christian Petersen (Danish - American, 1885 - 1961)

Manufacturer Chas. M. Robbins Company (American, 1892 - 1963)

Date1912-1914

MediumPainted plaster

Dimensions6 × 4 3/8 × 1/2 in. (15.2 × 11.1 × 1.3 cm)

ClassificationsSculpture

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Helen Nerney Shaw to Special Collections, Iowa State University Library. Transferred to University Museums. In the Christian Petersen Art Collection, Christian Petersen Art Museum, University Museums, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.

Object numberUM99.54

Status

Not on view

Collections

CultureAmerican

Label TextPortrait plaque. Rostron (1869-1940) was the Captain of the ocean liner Carpathia, which rescued the passengers of the Titanic when it sank on April 14, 1912. Created as a plaquette for the Robbins Company of Attleboro, MA.

MarkingsHeraldry in top right corner.

Published ReferencesAdvertised in the Robbins Co. catalogue The Robbins Company formerly the Chas. M. Robbins Co. (parts I-III) n.d. 1912 and after. Catalogue held in the Robbins Co. archives, Attleboro Area Industrial Museum, Attleboro, MA. Papers, SC, Box 2 f.9, pictured in catalogue for Wrought Iron and Bronze, Chicago.

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