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    		• Brooks, Richard Edwin,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- McGraw, John Harte
     
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    		• Occupation -- Political
     
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    		• Occupation -- Monetary
     
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    		• Occupation -- Service
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Washington -- Seattle
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    John Harte McGraw, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Brooks, Richard Edwin, 1865-1919, sculptor.
    Title: 
    John Harte McGraw, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1912.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 6 x 4 x 4 ft.; Base: approx. 7 x 6.5 x 6.5 ft.
    Inscription: 
    R.E. BROOKS/PARIS 1912 (On east face of base:) JOHN.HARTE.McGRAW/THIS COMMEMORATES THE SERVICES/OF AN ENERGETIC AND WISE LEADER/IN MANY ENTERPRISES UNDERTAKEN/FOR THE GENERAL WELFARE/ESPECIALLY THE PROJECT FOR/CONNECTING LAKE WASHINGTON WITH/TIDE WATER BY A SHIP CANAL (On north face of base:)GOVERNOR OF THE/STATE OF WASHINGTON/1893-1897 (On south face of base:) PRESIDENT OF THE SEATTLE/CHAMBER OF COMMERCE/1905-1909 (On plaque on front of base:) Winter lighting provided by/Clise Properties/Griffen Building/SeaFirst Bank/Seattle City Light/Seattle Parks Department/Vance Corporation/Washington Mutual Bank/Westlake Center Business Tower/The Westin Hotel, Seattle. (On lower plaque on base front:) This Park/Maintained/As a service/By Employees of/The Westin Hotel signed
    Description: 
    Full-length bronze figure of John Harte McGraw. He wears a suit and has a cloak draped over his proper left arm. His proper right hand rests on the top of a pedestal. The sculpture stands atop a tiered granite pedestal.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- McGraw, John Harte -- Full length
    Occupation -- Political -- Governor
    Occupation -- Monetary -- Banker
    Occupation -- Service -- Policeman
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Washington -- Seattle
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Seattle, Seattle Arts Commission, 312 1st Avenue North, Seattle, Washington 98109
    Located McGraw Place, 5th Avenue & Olive Street, Traffic Circle, Seattle, Washington
    Remarks: 
    John Harte McGraw was the second governor of Washington state. He served as King County sheriff and as president of the First National Bank of Seattle.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Washington survey, 1995.
    Rupp, James M. Rupp's "Art in Seattle's Public Places: an Illustrated Guide", Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1992, pg. 86.
    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 WA000334
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