- Other Name
- SOCRATES
- Date Range From
- 1950
- Date Range To
- 1960
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Materials
- PORCELAIN
- Catalogue Number
- P19970041187
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- SOCRATES
- Date Range From
- 1950
- Date Range To
- 1960
- Materials
- PORCELAIN
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 13.6
- Length
- 7.9
- Width
- 6.1
- Description
- WHITE PORCELAIN STATUE OF A BEARDED MAN IN ROBES SITTING WITH HIS HAND ON HIS FACE. ETCHED INTO BASE IS THE NAME "SOCRATES" IN GREEK LETTERING. "G.R." IS ETCHED INTO BACK OF BASE.
- Subjects
- ART
- Historical Association
- DECORATIVE ARTS
- History
- STATUE BELONGED TO DONOR'S FATHER WHO WAS AN ANGLICAN MINISTER AT COALDALE. REV. NAKAYAMA, AND HIS FAMILY MOVED TO COALDALE IN 1945 AFTER BEING RELOCATED FROM VANCOUVER IN 1942 TO SLOCAN CITY IN THE INTERIOR OF BRITISH COLUMBIA. AT COALDALE HE FOUNDED THE ANGLICAN CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION WHERE HE WAS RECTOR FROM 1945 TO 1970. SEE RECORD P19970041001 FOR EXPANDED BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION AND PERMANENT FILE FOR FURTHER HISTORY.
- Catalogue Number
- P19970041187
- Acquisition Date
- 1997-01
- Collection
- Museum