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Solomon Juneau, (sculpture). Artist:  Park, Richard Henry, 1832-1902, sculptor. Royal Foundry, founder. Title:  Solomon Juneau, (sculpture). Dates:  Dedicated July 6, 1887. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: red granite. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. H. 13 ft. x 5 1/2 ft.; Base: approx. 31 x 12 x 12 ft. Inscription:  (Inscribed on west side of pedestal:) SOLOMON JUNEAU (Inscribed on east side:) Gift/of/Charles T. Bradley/and/William H. Metcalf /to the/City of Milwaukee/1887. (Inscribed on north bas relief:) Solomon Juneau first white settler of City of Milwaukee MDCCCXXXVIII. (Inscribed on south bas relief:) Solomon Juneau first Mayor of Milwaukee MDCCCXLVI Description:  Full-length portrait of Solomon Juneau, the first mayor of Milwaukee. He is standing, dressed in the garb of a frontiersman, holding a rifle. The bas-reliefs on the pedestal depict Juneau trading with the Indians and his inauguration in the common council chambers. Also shown is Juneau on the banks of the Milwaukee river at an Indian encampment being offered furs. Bas-relief on south side of pedestal shows inauguration of Juneau as mayor. Subject:  Portrait male -- Juneau, Solomon -- Full length Occupation -- Political -- Mayor History -- United States -- Westward Expansion Landscape -- River -- Milwaukee River Figure male Ethnic -- Indian Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee Relief Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Milwaukee County, Department of Parks, Recreation and Culture, 9480 West Watertown Plank Road, Wauwatosa, Wisconsin 53226 Located Juneau Park, East Kilbourn Avenue, Milwaukee, Wisconsin Remarks:  Gift of Charles T. Bradley and William H. Metcalf of the Bradley & Metcalf Shoe Company (Milwaukee) at a cost of $25,000 dollars. IAS files contain clippings from Milwaukee Daily Journal, July 6, 1887 and July 7, 1887; and from the Milwaukee Sentinel, Feb. 11, 1989. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Wisconsin, Milwaukee survey, 1993. Palmer, Virginia A., 1989. National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, WI0032, 1989. Monumental News, Jan., 1895, pg. 22. Illustration:  Image on file. Milwaukee Sentinel, Feb. 11, 1989, pt. 3, pg. 1. Monumental News, Jan., 1895, pg. 22. 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 74020051   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 74020051 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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