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    		• Shrady, Henry Merwin,
     
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    		• Wight, William,
     
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    		• Wight & Wight,
     
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    		• Roman Bronze Works,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Washington, George
     
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    		• Equestrian
     
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    		• Occupation -- Political
     
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    		• Occupation -- Military
     
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    		• Copy
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Missouri -- Kansas City
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    George Washington Memorial, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Shrady, Henry Merwin, 1871-1922, sculptor. (copy after)
    Wight, William, architect.
    Wight & Wight, architectural firm.
    Roman Bronze Works, founder.
    Title: 
    George Washington Memorial, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated Nov. 11, 1925. Rededicated Nov. 11, 1932. Relocated 1987.
    Medium: 
    Equestrian figure: bronze; Base: pink Minnesota granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Equestrian figure: approx. 16 ft. 7 in. x 4 ft. 8 in. x 11 ft.; Base: approx. 13 x 14 x 21 ft. (5 1/2 tons).
    Inscription: 
    (On proper left side of plinth:) H. M. SHRADY, 1906 (On proper right side of plinth:) ROMAN BRONZE WORKS (On proper left side of base:) WASHINGTON (On proper right side of base:) VALLEY FORGE (On front of base, below row of thirteen stars:) One hundred and nine/thousand citizens gave/this statue to their city/Dedicated/Armistice Day 1925/Rededicated/Armistice Day 1932/The two hundredth/anniversary year of the/birth of George Washington. signed Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    Figure of George Washington astride his horse, in the winter cold of Valley Forge. Washington is heavily draped and wears a hat. He holds the reins of his horse in his proper left hand. The horse's head is lowered. The sculpture is installed atop a rectangular base with a thirty-one inch bench area running around the bottom.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Washington, George -- Full length
    Equestrian
    Occupation -- Political -- President
    Occupation -- Military -- General
    Object Type: 
    Copy
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Missouri -- Kansas City
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Kansas City, Missouri, Department of Parks and Recreation, Planning Services Division, 4600 East 63rd Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64130
    Located Washington Square Park, Pershing Road between Main Street & Grand Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri
    Provenance: 
    Formerly located Washington Square Park, Pershing Road at Main Street, Kansas City, Missouri 1925-1987.
    Remarks: 
    Fund raising for the sculpture began on July 4, 1922 by the Patriots and Pioneers Memorial Foundation. By April 30, 1924, 109,000 individuals had offered contributions, including $500 in pennies collected by local school children. The sculpture, which cost $35,000, is a replica of Shrady's original located at the Brooklyn approach to the Williamsburg Bridge in New York City (IAS record 76003597). The Board of Park Commissioners provided the base, which was designed by architect William Wight, of Wight & Wight. IAS files contain an excerpt from 1990-1991 Kansas City, Missouri, Historic Survey of Parks and Boulevards, which discusses the funding and creation of the monument. Sculpture was cleaned and repaired in 1986.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Missouri, Kansas City survey, 1994.
    Board of Parks & Recreation Commissioners, Kansas City, MO, "Historic & Dedicatory Monuments of Kansas City," 1987, pg. 75.
    Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.
    SOS Assessment Award, 1997.
    Inventory staff, 2000.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Board of Parks & Recreation Commissioners, Kansas City, MO, "Historic & Dedicatory Monuments of Kansas City," 1987, 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 76000907
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