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    		• Pausch, Edward Ludwig Albert,
     
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    		• Bureau Brothers,
     
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    		• P. F. Eisenbrown & Sons,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- McKinley, William
     
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    		• Occupation -- Political
     
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    		• Figure group
     
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    		• Performing Arts -- Music
     
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    		• Object -- Written Matter
     
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    		• Animal -- Bird
     
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    		• Animal -- Reptile
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Reading
     
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    		• Fountain
     
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    McKinley, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Pausch, Edward Ludwig Albert, 1856-1931, sculptor.
    Bureau Brothers, founder.
    P. F. Eisenbrown & Sons, design firm.
    Title: 
    McKinley, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    President William McKinley, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Modeled 1903. Dedicated 1905.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: pink granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 10 x 3.5 x 3.5 ft.; Base: approx. 13 x 17 x 17 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (Right side of sculpture's bronze base:) E. Pausch, Sr./Buffalo, N.Y./1905 (Rear of sculpture's bronze base:) BUREAU BROS. BRONZE FOUNDERS/PHILA., PENNA. (Plaque on front of base, lower right corner:) E. Pausch (Front of sculpture's bronze self base, raised lettering:) 1843 MCKINLEY 1901 (Bronze plaque on one side of base:) "Lest we forget"/-- erected by contributions from citizens,/churches, and other organizations,/and the school children of the/City and County, under the direction of the/Board of Trade of Reading/1905
    (Bronze plaque on other side of base:) William McKinley/--Born in Niles, Ohio 1843/enlisted in the Union Army as private 1861/mustered out as Major, 1865/elected president 1896/re-elected president, 1901/Died at Buffalo, N.Y., 1901 (Bronze plaque on rear of base:) Last public utterances at the/Pan American Exposition/Buffalo, NY. September 5, 1901./--"God and man have linked the nations together"/"Let us ever remember that our interest is in concord./Not conflict and that our real eminence rests in/the victories of peace, not those of war"/--Our earnest prayer is that God will graciously/vouchsafe prosperity, happiness and peace to all/our neighbors, and like blessings to all the peoples,/and powers of the earth." signed Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    A memorial to President William McKinley with a free-standing full-length portrait of McKinley mounted on top of a square, stepped, fountain base with a front trough. McKinley is dressed in a double-breasted, knee-length coat. He holds a book in his extended proper left hand at waist level. His proper right hand rests on a book on podium by his side. Beneath McKinley on the front of the base is a bas-relief plaque depicting a boy and girl singing from a hymnal. The boy is on the right and the girl is on the left, each dressed in period clothes, including knickers and high shoes. Flanking the fountain on the front is an eagle mounted on a pillar, with spread wings and holding a snake in its claws. A second flanking eagle is missing.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- McKinley, William -- Full length
    Occupation -- Political -- President
    Figure group
    Performing Arts -- Music -- Voice
    Object -- Written Matter -- Book
    Animal -- Bird -- Eagle
    Animal -- Reptile -- Snake
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Reading
    Fountain
    Relief
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Reading, Bureau of Parks and Public Property, 815 Washington Street, Reading, Pennsylvania 19601
    Located City Park, Reading, Pennsylvania
    Remarks: 
    The movement to erect the memorial began at a meeting of the Board of Trade in Reading, Pennsylvania on Sept. 19, 1901. A model design by P. F. Eisenbrown's & Sons was accepted on May 8, 1903. The momorial cost 8,000. A large part of the funding for the memorial was generated by the school children of Berks County. Funding also came from citizens, churches, and other organizations. A conservator's report on the memorial was made to the City of Reading on July 15, 1992. IAS files transcript from Jones Scrapbook 12 (June 10, 1905): pg. 19, in files at Berks County Historical Society.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania survey, 1994.
    National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, PA0300, 1989.
    Monumental News, Dec. 1905, pg. 804.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Jones Scrapbook 12 (June 10, 1905): pg. 19.
    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 PA001218
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