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    		• Schweizer, J. Otto,
     
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    		• Gorham Manufacturing Company,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Nicholson, James Bartram
     
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    		• Occupation -- Other
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
     
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    		• Gravestone
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    James Bartram Nicholson Tomb, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Schweizer, J. Otto, 1863-1955, sculptor.
    Gorham Manufacturing Company, founder.
    Title: 
    James Bartram Nicholson Tomb, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1913. Dedicated May 10, 1913.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite with bronze plaques.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 8 ft. 9 in. x 3 ft. 3 in. x 3 ft. 3 in.; Base: approx. W. 8 ft. 2 in. D. 8 ft. 2 in.
    Inscription: 
    (Base, front plaque:) ERECTED AND DEDICATED MAY 10, 1913 BY THE/INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS/OF PENNSYLVANIA/IN MEMORY OF/JAMES BARTRAM NICHOLSON/PAST GRAND SIRE OF SOVEREIGN LODGE/PAST GRAND MASTER AND GRAND SECRETARY/OF GRAND LODGE.I.O.O.F. OF PENNSYLVANIA/IN RECOGNITION OF HIS VALUABLE SERVICES/IN BEHALF OF THE ORDER unsigned
    Description: 
    Standing portrait of Nicolson dressed in a shirt with a high collar, a bow tie, a buttoned vest, and a long double-breasted coat which hangs open. His proper left hand rests on a short pillar on his proper left side. His proper right hand is holding papers down at his side. The sculpture rests on a tiered base adorned on the front with an inscription plaque and a three-link chain, and on the back with an inscription plaque.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Nicholson, James Bartram -- Full length
    Occupation -- Other -- Businessman
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
    Gravestone
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Mount Peace Cemetery, 3111 West Lehigh Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    Remarks: 
    James Bartram Nicholson and his partner James Pawson formed a bookbindery which became one of the finest bookbinders in the country. In 1845 he joined the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and in 1862 was elected Grand Sire of the Sovereign Grand Lodge. In 1901, twelve years after his death, the Pennsylvania Grand Lodge of the Odd Fellows honored his with this sculpture.
    References: 
    Fairmount Park Art Assoc., "Sculpture of a City: Philadelphia's Treasures in Bronze & Stone," NY: Walker Publ., 1974, pg. 224.
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia survey, 1993.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Fairmount Park Art Assoc., "Sculpture of a City: Philadelphia's Treasures in Bronze & Stone," NY: Walker Publ., 1974, pg. 224.
    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 88320055
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