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Adams, Herbert,
Casey, Edward Pearce,
Smithmeyer & Pelz,
Portrait male -- Scott,
Occupation -- Writer
Outdoor Sculpture -- District of Columbia -- Washington
Sculpture
Eminent Men of Letters: Scott, (sculpture).
Artist:
Adams, Herbert, 1858-1945, sculptor.
Casey, Edward Pearce, 1864-1940, architect.
Smithmeyer & Pelz, architectural firm.
Title:
Eminent Men of Letters: Scott, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Scott, (sculpture).
Dates:
1894-1895.
Medium:
Granite.
Dimensions:
H. 3 ft.
Inscription:
(Inscribed, lower front:) SCOTT
Subject:
Portrait male -- Scott, -- Bust
Occupation -- Writer
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- District of Columbia -- Washington
Sculpture
Owner:
Library of Congress, 10 1st Street, S.E., Main Building, Washington, District of Columbia 20540
Remarks:
This piece is one of nine busts placed along the front of the Library of Congress building. The busts were executed by three different artists. Herbert Adams did Demosthenes, Scott, and Dante; F. Wellington Ruckstull did Goethe, Franklin, and Macaulay; J. Scott Hartley did Emerson, Irving, and Hawthorne. The original architects were Smithmeyer & Pelz, followed by Casey.
References:
Ambler, Louise Todd & Marilyn Gage Hyson, unpublished checklist, 2001-2003.
Goode, James M., "The Outdoor Sculpture of Washington, D.C., A Comprehensive Historical Guide," Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1974.
Goode, James M., "Washington Sculpture: A Cultural History of Outdoor Sculpture in the Nation's Capitol," Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008, no. 1.27.
Small, Herbert, "The Library of Congress: its architecture and decoration," New York: Norton, 1982, pg. 40.
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 74930030
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