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    		• Portrait male -- Graff, Frederick
     
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    		• Occupation -- Industry
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Frederick Graff Memorial, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Unknown, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Frederick Graff Memorial, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Commissioned 1844.; Installed June 1, 1848.
    Medium: 
    Marble on a granite base.
    Dimensions: 
    H. 26 in.; Base: H. 162 in.
    Description: 
    A bust of Graft set a gothic style pavilion. The base is square with arches on each side. The face of each arch is decorated in a gothic style trim.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Graff, Frederick -- Bust
    Occupation -- Industry -- Engineering
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Fairmount Dam, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    Remarks: 
    This piece was commissioned by the city of Philadelphia in 1844. Graft designed the Fairmount Water Works.
    References: 
    Fairmount Park Art Assoc., "Sculpture of a City: Philadelphia's Treasures in Bronze & Stone," NY: Walker Publ., 1974.
    Illustration: 
    Fairmount Park Art Assoc., "Sculpture of a City: Philadelphia's Treasures in Bronze & Stone," NY: Walker Publ., 1974, pg. 73.
    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 88320030
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