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    		• McKenzie, R. Tait,
     
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    		• Figure male -- Child
     
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    		• Dress -- Uniform
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Boy Scout, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    McKenzie, R. Tait, 1867-1938, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Boy Scout, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Ideal Boy Scout, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Original statuette 1915. Commissioned 1937. Installed June 12, 1937.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: limestone.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 6 ft. x 22 in. x 31 1/2 in.; Base: approx. 22 x 34 x 45 in.
    Inscription: 
    (Stamped:) R. TAIT McKENZIE 1937 signed
    Description: 
    Standing youth wearing boy scout uniform, shirt with cravat, shorts and knee socks. He holds his hat against his chest with his proper right hand. A hatchet is attached to his belt on his proper left side. His proper left hand rests on his proper left hip.
    Subject: 
    Figure male -- Child -- Full length
    Dress -- Uniform -- Scout Uniform
    Occupation -- Service -- Scouting
    Object -- Tool -- Axe
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Boy Scouts of America, Philadelphia Council, 22nd & Winter streets, Bruce S. Marks Scout Resource Center, courtyard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103
    Remarks: 
    The Boy Scout statue was originally created as a statuette in 1914 at the suggestion of Dr. Charles D. Hart, then president of the Philadelphia Council. This updated life-sized version was commissioned by the Philadelphia Council in 1937 for its new headquarters. A total of five Boy Scouts posed for the statue between 1914 and 1937, and the final statue is a composite of its models. The sculpture was restored in August 1993. IAS files contain excerpt from Scout Memorabilia, n.d., detailing history of Tait's Scout statues and related unpublished essay by Turner Moon.
    References: 
    Fairmount Park Art Assoc., "Sculpture of a City: Philadelphia's Treasures in Bronze & Stone," NY: Walker Publ., 1974, pg. 303.
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia survey, 1993.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Fairmount Park Art Assoc., "Sculpture of a City: Philadelphia's Treasures in Bronze & Stone," NY: Walker Publ., 1974, pg. 303.
    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 88320102
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