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Sculptor:
Berge, Edward 1876-1924  Search this
Miller, Joseph Maxwell 1877-1933  Search this
Architect:
Beecher, William Gordon  Search this
Founder:
Roman Bronze Works  Search this
Contractor:
Clough & Molloy  Search this
D. M. Andrew Company  Search this
Subject:
Latrobe, Ferdinand Claiborne  Search this
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite
Type:
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Administered by City of Baltimore Recreation and Parks 2600 Madison Avenue Baltimore Maryland 21217
Located Broadway at Baltimore Street Baltimore Maryland 21230
Date:
June 14, 1914. Rededicated June 11, 1997
Notes:
Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985
The Peale Museum.
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Maryland, Baltimore survey, 1993.
National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, MD50006, 1989.
Monumental News, March 1914, pg. 195.
Inventory staff, 2000.
Image on file.
(Sculpture, figure's proper left side, between chair legs:) EDW BERGE J.M MILLER- W.G.BEECHER-ARCH (Sculpture, on figure's proper left side, on bronze base:) CAST BY ROMAN BRONZE WORKS N-Y- (Base, front of granite wall, top border, south side:) 1893 LATROBE 1875 (Base, back of granite wall behind figure, north side:) FERDINAND CLAIBORNE LATROBE 1833 1911 /SEVEN TIMES MAYOR OF BALTIMORE/IN GRATEFUL ACKNOWLEDGMENT/ OF HIS EMINENT SERVICES THE/ CITY HAS ERECTED THIS MONUMENT/ A.D. 1914 (Base, top of granite wall, north side:) 1891 1878 / 1879 1883 1887 (Base, bottom of granite wall, north side: commission list) signed Founder's mark appears.
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Summary:
A portrait of former Baltimore Mayor Ferdinand Latrobe standing in front of a large arm chair. He is depicted with a long moustache and dressed in a double-breasted overcoat. The sculpture rests on a square granite base which extends from the bottom of a tall granite wall. On the front of the granite base, just below Latrobe there is a raised image of a miniature obelisk monument surrounded by foliage. The top of the granite wall is adorned with a border containing the raised images of two wreaths, one surrounding the date 1893 and one surrounding the date 1875.
Topic:
Portrait male  Search this
Occupation--Political--Mayor  Search this
Object--Furniture--Chair  Search this
Architecture--Monument--Obelisk  Search this
Control number:
IAS 75006016
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_11319