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Edstrom, David,
Portrait female -- Nightingale, Florence
Occupation -- Medicine
Ethnic -- British
Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- San Francisco
Sculpture
Florence Nightingale, (sculpture).
Artist:
Edstrom, David, 1873-1938, sculptor.
Title:
Florence Nightingale, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Lady of the Lamp, (sculpture).
Dates:
Installed 1936-1937. Dedicated May 12, 1939.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: painted cast stone; Base: stucco.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 90 x 36 x 24 in.; Base: approx. 69 x 120 x 62 in.
Inscription:
(On plaque on front of base:) IN MEMORY OF FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE./"THE FOUNDER OF PROFESSIONAL NURSING"./DESIGNED AND CREATED BY THE LATE DAVID EDSTROM./DEDICATED NATIONAL HOSPITAL DAY, MAY 12, 1939,/GOLDEN GATE INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION. UNDER THE/AUSPICES OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA FEDERAL ARTS/PROJECT, WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION,/CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO,/ASSOCIATION OF WESTERN HOSPITALS,/ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA HOSPITALS,/WESTERN CONFERENCE, CATHOLIC HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION, CALIFORNIA STATE NURSES ASSOCIATION unsigned
Description:
Standing full-length portrait of Florence Nightingale. She wears a long, flowing gown and a nurse's cap. Her hair is pulled back under her cap. She holds an oil lamp in her proper right hand; her proper left hand is lifted to protect the lamp's flame. The stone sculpture stands on a stucco base.
Subject:
Portrait female -- Nightingale, Florence -- Full length
Occupation -- Medicine -- Nurse
Ethnic -- British
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- San Francisco
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City and County of San Francisco, San Francisco Arts Commission, 25 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 240, San Francisco, California 94102
Located Laguna Honda Hospital, San Francisco, California
Remarks:
The sculpture was dedicated under the auspices of the Northern California Federal Arts Project, the Works Progress Administration, the City and County of San Francisco, the Association of Western Hospitals, the Association of California Hospitals, the Western Conference of the Catholic Hospital Association and the California State Nurses Association.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, California, San Francisco survey, 1993.
"San Francisco Civic Art Collection: a Guided Tour to Publicly Owned Art of the City and County of San Francisco", San Francisco: the Arts Commission of San Francisco, 1989, pg. 93.
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 CA001781
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Inventory of American Sculpture
CA001781
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