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Sacred Cod
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The Sacred Cod is a four-foot-eleven-inch carved-wood effigy of an Atlantic codfish, painted to the life, hanging in the House of Representatives chamber of Boston's Massachusetts State House‍—‌"a memor
The Sacred Cod in its "natural habitat". "Humble the subject and homely the design; yet this painted image bears on its finny front a majesty greater
The Sacred Cod in its "natural habitat". "Humble the subject and homely the design; yet this painted image bears on its finny front a majesty greater than the dignity that art can lend to graven gold or chiselled marble", said an 1895 paean by Massachusetts legislators.[C]
A "sacred cod" in its natural habitat
A "sacred cod" in its natural habitat
The modern Massachusetts State House (seen here c. 1862), where the third Sacred Cod hangs in the Rep­re­sen­ta­tives chamber.
The modern Massachusetts State House (seen here c. 1862), where the third Sacred Cod hangs in the Rep­re­sen­ta­tives chamber.
Etching (Ballou's Pictorial, 1856) of the old Representatives (now Senate) chamber, with the Sacred Cod near upper right
Etching (Ballou's Pictorial, 1856) of the old Representatives (now Senate) chamber, with the Sacred Cod near upper right
Francis Parkman
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Francis Parkman Jr. was an American historian, best known as author of The Oregon Trail: Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life and his monumental seven-volume France and England in North America
Parkman in 1889
Parkman in 1889
Francis Parkman House, a National Historic Landmark on Beacon Hill
Francis Parkman House, a National Historic Landmark on Beacon Hill
Grave of Francis Parkman
Grave of Francis Parkman
Parkman Memorial near Jamaica Pond
Parkman Memorial near Jamaica Pond