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    		• Couper, William,
     
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    		• Ball, Thomas,
     
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    		• Blockson, R. C.,
     
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    		• Gorham Manufacturing Company,
     
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    		• Van Amringe Granite Company,
     
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    		• Kyle Granite Company,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
     
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    		• Occupation -- Writer
     
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    		• Occupation -- Education
     
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    		• Dress -- Ceremonial
     
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    		• Object -- Furniture
     
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    		• Object -- Written Matter
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- District of Columbia -- Washington
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Couper, William, 1853-1942, sculptor.
    Ball, Thomas, 1819-1911, sculptor.
    Blockson, R. C., architect.
    Gorham Manufacturing Company, founder.
    Van Amringe Granite Company, fabricator.
    Kyle Granite Company, contractor
    Title: 
    Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Cast 1907-1908. Dedicated May 7, 1909. Installed 1910.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: Swedish Bonnacord Red granite; Foundation: concrete.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 5 ft. x 39 in. x 56 in.; Base: approx. 4 in. x 39 in. x 56 in.
    Inscription: 
    GORHAM CO. FOUNDERS (Sculpture, lower right side, beneath chair leg:) WM. Couper/New York (Front of base:) LONGFELLOW signed Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    Seated figure of Longfellow dressed in academic robes. His proper left arm hangs over the arm of the chair and in his left hand he holds a book. His forefinger holds his place in the closed book. His proper right arm rests on the arm of the chair and his right fist rests under his chin. Longfellow is depicted with long, wavy hair, moustache and beard. The sculpture is installed on a four-tiered, square base in the middle of a traffic triangle.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth -- Full length
    Occupation -- Writer -- Poet
    Occupation -- Education -- Teacher
    Dress -- Ceremonial -- Academic Dress
    Object -- Furniture -- Chair
    Object -- Written Matter -- Book
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- District of Columbia -- Washington
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Washington, District of Columbia
    Located Triangle at Connecticut Avenue, M Street, and 18th Street, N.W., Washington, District of Columbia
    Remarks: 
    Sculpture was presented by the Longfellow Memorial Association at a cost of $21,000. Congress appropriated 4,000 dollars for the base and gave approval on June 8, 1906. Sculpture casting began in October 1907 and was completed by February 1908. The concrete foundation was laid on February 1st-20th, 1909. R. C. Blockson was the head designer for the Van Amringe Granite Company which acted as architect for the piece. The base granite was quarried in Sweden and then shipped to Aberdeen, Scotland, where it was manufactured. Jones Bros. handled the acquisition of the base. IAS files contain an excerpt from Jannelle Warren-Findley's Aug. 1, 1985 report for the National Park Service entitled, "A Guide to Selected Statues, Monuments and Memorials," National Capital Parks - Central, National Park Service, Washington, D.C. (RFQ 3-4-1919) which includes a brief maintenance history, a list of bibliographic sources, and notes to additional information found in National Park Service files. The report notes that Goode's publication mentions the sculpture was begun by Thomas Ball and was completed by William Couper, but that National Park Service Central files indicate that Couper was the only artist involved.
    References: 
    Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985
    National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, DC0058, 1989.
    Goode, James M., "The Outdoor Sculpture of Washington, D.C., A Comprehensive Historical Guide," Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1974, pg. 103.
    Monumental News, Jan. 1910, pg. 22.
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, District of Columbia survey, 1993.
    Michael Richman, SAAM curatorial assistant, 1967-1969.
    Goode, James M., "Washington Sculpture: A Cultural History of Outdoor Sculpture in the Nation's Capitol," Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008, no. 2.4.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Goode, James M., "The Outdoor Sculpture of Washington, D.C., A Comprehensive Historical Guide," Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1974, B-3.
    Washington Star, Feb. 27, 1938.
    Goode, James M., "Washington Sculpture: A Cultural History of Outdoor Sculpture in the Nation's Capitol," Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008, no. 2.4.
    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 76005545
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