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Bartholdi, Frederic Auguste,
Friedly-Voshardt Company,
Arthur L. Doran Construction Company,
Figure female -- Full length
Allegory -- Civic
Object -- Written Matter
Object -- Other
Dress -- Historic
Dress -- Accessory
Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- Peru
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Sculpture
Statue of Liberty Replica, (sculpture).
Artist:
Unknown, sculptor.
Bartholdi, Frederic Auguste, 1834-1904, sculptor. (copy after)
Friedly-Voshardt Company, fabricator.
Arthur L. Doran Construction Company, contractor.
Title:
Statue of Liberty Replica, (sculpture).
Dates:
Dedicated May 6, 1951.
Medium:
Sculpture: coated metal - possibly copper, bronze, or bronze-coated brass; Base: limestone.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 10 ft. x 22 in. x 22 in.; Base: approx. 6 ft. x 38 in. x 38 in.
Inscription:
(On tablet held by Liberty:) July/IV/MDCCLXXVI (Plaque on front of base:) With the faith and courage of their/forefathers who made/possible the freedom of these/United States/the Boy Scouts of America/ dedicate this copy of the/Statue of Liberty as a pledge/of everlasting fidelity and/loyalty./The Crusade to Strengthen Liberty/1951 unsigned
Description:
A small scale replica of the Statue of Liberty in New York: a draped female, crowned with a 7-point headpiece. Her proper right arm is raised, holding a torch. In her proper left hand she holds a tablet. The base stands in the center of a 10-point star planter.
Subject:
Figure female -- Full length
Allegory -- Civic -- Liberty
Object -- Written Matter
Object -- Other -- Torch
Dress -- Historic -- Classical Dress
Dress -- Accessory -- Hat
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- Peru
Copy
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Miami County Commissioners, Miami County Courthouse, Peru, Indiana 46970
Located Miami County Courthouse, Courthouse square, south side, Peru, Indiana 46970
Remarks:
This is one of nearly 200 small replicas of Bartholdi's Statue of Liberty (IAS record 76003645) placed around the country as part of the Boy Scouts of America's 40th anniversary (1950). According to a March 1986 Fact Sheet from the Boy Scouts of America (on file in IAS), the idea for the project originated with Jack Whitaker, then Scout Commissioner of the Kansas City Area Council. The copper statues were manufactured by Friedley-Voshardt Co. (Chicago, IL) and purchased through the Kansas City Boy Scouts office.
Files at the Miami County Historical Society (Peru, Indiana) list media as bronze or bronze-coated brass; Edward Kallop's book gives media as sheet copper. Arthur L. Doran Construction Company built the statue's foundation.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana survey, 1992.
Kallop, Edward L., Jr., "Images of Liberty: Models and Reductions of the Statue of Liberty, 1867-1917," New York, 1986, pg. 63.
Illustration:
Image on file.
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 IN000022
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Inventory of American Sculpture
IN000022
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