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William Codman

Certificate to William Christmas Codman from the Gorham Manufacturing Company, 1923

Description

Maker

  • William Codman, 1870-1945

Title

Certificate to William Christmas Codman from the Gorham Manufacturing Company

Year

1923

Medium

Brown ink and watercolor on parchment (?)

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • brown,
  • ink,
  • watercolor

Supports

  • parchment ~ ?

Dimensions

58.4 x 43.2 cm (23 x 17 inches) (frame)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signed W. Codman. Del in the lower right corner. The text of the plaque reads as follows:At a meeting of the Board of Directors of Gorham/Manufacturing Company held December 14th the/following resolution was passed/ WILLIAM CHRISTMAS CODMAN/ Died at Working Surrey England December 5th 1923/ From 1891 until his resignation in May 1914 he was connected with/ the Gorham Manufacturing Company as its chief designer./During that time by reason of his tireless energy his keen interest/in his work his broad artistic training and marked ability he had/ succeeded in raising the standard of the Company's goods to heights/ never before attained. He was a genial personality and he was/respected and loved by all who came in contact with him./Brilliant in his work having a keen sense of humor and a/wonderfully sunny disposition he gained the admiration and/affection of those associated with him and under his supervision./ His loss since retirement has been felt by the Company and by the trade at large and in his death those who knew/him well feel that they have lost a true friend./The Board of Directors desire to express to his family their/sincere sympathy and sorrow for them in their bereavement/and it is therefore/RESOLVED. That this resolution be placed/upon the records of the Company/and a copy suitably engrossed/be transmitted to his family.

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Ephemera

Credit

Gift of Jacqueline Virginia Briggs Morrisson

Object Number

2005.94.5

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in Copyright. This object is Certificate to William Christmas Codman from the Gorham Manufacturing Company with the accession number of 2005.94.5. To request high-resolution files or new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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