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    		• Melaragno, Biacio,
     
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    		• Gorham Manufacturing Company,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Sims, James Marion
     
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    		• Occupation -- Medicine
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Alabama -- Montgomery
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    James Marion Sims - Father of Modern Gynecology, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Melaragno, Biacio, sculptor.
    Gorham Manufacturing Company, founder.
    Title: 
    James Marion Sims - Father of Modern Gynecology, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    James Marion Sims (1813-1888), (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Installed 1939.
    Digital Reference: 
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    Medium: 
    Figure: gilded bronze; Base: cast concrete painted white.
    Dimensions: 
    Figure: approx. 92 x 25 x 30 in.; Base: approx. 70 x 58 x 64 in.
    Inscription: 
    (Incised:) Sc. Biagio Melaragno (Proper left side of plinth:) Gorham Co. Founders (Right side of base:) by: Biacio Melaragno (On bronze plaque on front of base:) JAMES MARION SIMS/1813 - 1888/FATHER OF MODERN/GYNECOLOGY/MONTGOMERY.1848-1849. OPERATIONS/HE.DEVISED.CURED.A.THEN.CONSIDERED/HOPELESS.MALADY-GAINING. HIM.FAME/AS.A.BENEFACTOR.OF.WOMEN./FOUNDED-WOMEN'S.HOSPITAL-CITY/OF.NEW.YORK-1855. DECORATED.BY/EMPEROR.OF.FRANCE-KINGS.OF/BELGIUM, SPAIN, PORTUGAL.AND.ITALY./ERECTED BY/THE.MEDICAL.ASSOCIATION.OF/THE.STATE.OF.ALABAMA.1939. signed Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    Standing male figure leaning on a cane. He wears overcoat; six-button, double-breasted, frock coat; bow tie; and trousers. His proper right hand holds the top of his cane. His proper left arm is bent so that his proper left hand holds the lapel of his coat. His proper right foot is forward.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Sims, James Marion -- Full length
    Occupation -- Medicine -- Doctor
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Alabama -- Montgomery
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by State of Alabama, Alabama Historical Commission, Department of Finance, 468 South Perry Street, Montgomery, Alabama 36130
    Located Alabama State Capitol, Front of capitol building, Montgomery, Alabama
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Alabama survey, 1993.
    Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.
    State of Alabama, Dept. of Archives & History, 1976.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    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 75000117
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