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Sculptor:
French, Daniel Chester 1850-1931  Search this
Architect:
Bacon, Henry 1866-1924  Search this
Founder:
Jno. Williams, Inc.  Search this
Contractor:
Presbrey-LeLand Company  Search this
Subject:
Phillips, Wendell  Search this
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze; Base: Stony Creek pink granite
Type:
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Administered by City of Boston Office of Cultural Affairs Boston City Hall, Room 716 Boston Massachusetts 02201
Located Boston Public Garden Boylston Street Mall Boston Massachusetts
Date:
Cast 1914. Dedicated July 4, 1915
Notes:
Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985
Zoukee, Sophye M., "Adopt-A-Statue Casebook," Boston: City of Boston, 1990, pg. 54.
Boston Art Commission, 1991.
National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, MA5017, 1989.
Monumental News, May 1913; Nov. 1922.
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1993.
Image on file.
Zoukee, Sophye M., "Adopt-A-Statue Casebook," Boston: City of Boston, 1990, pg. 54.
Monumental News, Nov. 1922, cover.
(Proper left side of bronze base of sculpture:) DANIEL C. FRENCH Sc. 1914/JNO Williams Inc./Bronze Foundry New York (On front of stone base below figure:) WENDELL PHILLIPS/1811-1884/PROPHET OF LIBERTY/CHAMPION OF THE SLAVE (On front of wall behind figure:) WHETHER IN CHAINS OR IN LAURELS/LIBERTY KNOWS NOTHING BUT VICTORIES (On reverse of wall behind figure:) I LOVE INEXPRESSIBLY/THESE STREETS OF BOSTON/OVER WHOSE PAVEMENTS BY MOTHER HELD UP TENDERLY MY BABY FET/AN IF GOD GRANTS ME TIME ENOUGH/I WILL MAKE THEM TOO PURE TO BEAR THE FOOTSTEPS OF A SLAVE signed Founder's mark appears.
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Summary:
A standing portrait of Wendell Phillips pounding his proper right fist on top of a podium and gripping a few links of chain in his proper left hand. The sculpture rests on a square base in front of a tall stone wall.
Topic:
Portrait male--Full length  Search this
Occupation--Other--Reformer  Search this
Control number:
IAS 76006004
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_16859