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Portrait male -- Graff, Frederick
Occupation -- Industry
Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
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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Inventory of American Sculpture
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