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“The bust of James Peck Thomas strikes the eye.
He rules the Sculpture Court with a bold stare.
His features shine with confidence, but why?
He knows we envy him his facial hair.
He seems so stoic with that solemn gaze.
He looks like he would never scream or shout.
He must have needed patience all the days
it took for him to grow his mustache out.
Though James himself was never known to sin,
his portrait’s presence borders on injurious.
What hipster would not give his cardigan
for a handle-bar and sideburns that luxurious?
I know I’d pay a million dollars cash
to have such a magnificent mustache.”
Edmonia Lewis’s Bust of James Peck Thomas, a fifteen-minute sonnet by Sarah Riecke (OC ‘13) - student docent at the AMAM, written as part of a gallery exercise for this year’s Practicum in Museum Education.
Image:
Edmonia Lewis ( American, 1844–1907)
Bust of James Peck Thomas, 1874
Marble
R. T. Miller Jr. Fund, AMAM 2002.3
A new batch of Allen Memorial Art Museum docents in action! They were giving tours to two 2nd grade classes yesterday.
Photos by Ma’ayan Plaut ‘10.
(On campus? Doing a cool project! Send us a note in our ask box and we’ll come visit!)
