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    		• Pausch, Edward Ludwig Albert,
     
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    		• Houdon, Jean Antoine,
     
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    		• Alfred E. Windsor & Company,
     
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    		• Smith Granite Company,
     
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    		• Zerbarini Brothers,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Washington, George
     
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    		• Occupation -- Political
     
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    		• Occupation -- Military
     
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    		• Equestrian
     
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    		• Animal -- Bird
     
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    		• Object -- Foliage
     
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    		• Emblem -- Masonic
     
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    		• Architecture -- Boat
     
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    		• Copy
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    George Washington, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Pausch, Edward Ludwig Albert, 1856-1931, sculptor.
    Houdon, Jean Antoine, 1741-1828, sculptor. (copy after)
    Alfred E. Windsor & Company, fabricator.
    Smith Granite Company, fabricator.
    Zerbarini Brothers, carver.
    Title: 
    George Washington, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated Feb. 23, 1891.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: Westerly granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. H. 9 ft. 10 in. x 10 ft. x 4 ft. Base: approx. 7 x 7 x 4 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (Front left side of base:) THE SMITH GRANITE CO. R.I,/PAUSCH SC. (Front of base:) GEORGE WASHINGTON (Back of base:) GEORGE WASHINGTON (On back of base:) ERECTED BY JR.O.U.A.M./OF/WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA signed
    Description: 
    Equestrian portrait of George Washington. On the front panel of the base is a large eagle, flanked on one side by a ship in full sail and on the other by a fort. The side panels are adorned with symbolic laurel and oak branches, and each end panel contains the Masonic symbol of a shield on which a square and compass frame the arm of a workman wielding a hammer. The upper section of the plinth is in the design of a Roman fasces, a symbol of official authority.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Washington, George -- Full length
    Occupation -- Political -- President
    Occupation -- Military -- General
    Equestrian
    Animal -- Bird -- Eagle
    Object -- Foliage -- Laurel
    Emblem -- Masonic
    Architecture -- Boat
    Object Type: 
    Copy
    Relief
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Pittsburgh, Citiparks, Department of Public Works, 611 Second Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222
    Located Allegheny Center, North Commons, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
    Remarks: 
    The head of this piece was copied after Houdon's George Washington in the Virginia State House in Richmond, Virginia. Funded by the Junior Order of United American Mechanics of Western Pennsylvania at a cost of 10,000 dollars. IAS files contain related articles from Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, February 19, 1952, section 2, pg. 1; Pittsburgh Post, February 24, 1891, pg. 4; and "Story of Old Allegheny City," Pittsburgh: Allegheny Centennial Committee, 1941, pg. 178.
    References: 
    Evert, Marilyn, "Discovering Pittsburgh's Sculpture," Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1983, pg. 16.
    National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, PA0145, PA0105, 1989.
    Monumental News, Oct. 1889; Feb. 1891.
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania survey, 1995.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Evert, Marilyn, "Discovering Pittsburgh's Sculpture," Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1983, pg. 48.
    Monumental News, Feb. 1891, pg. 75.
    Note: 
    The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
    Repository: 
    Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
    Control Number: 
    IAS 64480020
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