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William Cotter Maybury Memorial, (sculpture)

Catalog Data

Sculptor:
Weinman, Adolph A. 1870-1952  Search this
Carver:
Piccirilli Brothers Marble Carving Studios  Search this
Founder:
Roman Bronze Works  Search this
Contractor:
Cartwright Brothers Granite Company  Search this
Subject:
Maybury, William Cotter  Search this
Type:
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Administered by City of Detroit Landscape Division 2008 Water Board Building, 735 Randolph Street Detroit Michigan 48226
Located Grand Circus Park Woodward Avenue between West Adams & Park Street Detroit Michigan
Date:
Dedicated Nov. 24, 1912
Notes:
Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985
National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, MI5012, 1989.
Monumental News, Jan. 1913, pg. 61.
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Michigan survey, 1993.
Image on file.
Roman Bronze Inc. (On bronze base of sculpture:) A.A.WEINMAN.SC (On back of stele:) WILLIAM COTTER MAYBURY/BORN IN DETROIT NOVEMBER/20, 1848, EDUCATED IN HER/PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND THE/UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN/CITY ATTORNEY OF DETROIT/1876-1880. REPRESENTATIVE/IN CONGRESS FOR FIRST/MICHIGAN DISTRICT 1883-1880. REPRESENTATIVE/IN CONGRESS FOR FIRST/MICHIGAN DISTRICT 1883-1887/MAYOR OF DETROIT 1897-1905./DIED IN DETROIT MAY 6, 1909/THE PEOPLE OF DETROIT/TO WHOM THIS ELOQUENT/CITIZEN AND PUBLIC OFFICIAL/DEDICATED A LIFE OF UNSELFISH SERVICE, CHARITY AND SYMPATHY/IN LOVING COMMEMORATION/HAVE ERECTED THIS MONUMENT/MCMXII signed Founder's mark appears.
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Summary:
The memorial consists of a bronze portrait of William Cotter Maybury seated in a chair in front of a large a granite stele adorned on the front with a marble relief of two allegorical figures. The allegorical figures may represent Eloquence and Charity --symbols of Maybury's reputation.
Topic:
Portrait male--Full length  Search this
Occupation--Political--Mayor  Search this
Occupation--Education--Orator  Search this
Allegory--Quality--Charity  Search this
Allegory--Quality--Truth  Search this
Control number:
IAS 77006745
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_22627