Johns Hopkins Monument, (sculpture).

Johns Hopkins Monument, (sculpture).

Schuler, Hans, 1874-1951, sculptor.

Beecher, William Gordon, architect.

Johns Hopkins Monument, (sculpture).

Hopkins Monument, (sculpture).

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Sculpture is bronze and marble, fountain is marble.

Sculpture: approx. 170 x 186 x 53 in.; Fountain: approx. 51 x 198 x 150 in.

(On left side of each seated figure, on drapery:) Schuler (On right edge of bust of Hopkins:) Schuler (On base of column:) JOHNS HOPKINS/1795-1873 signed

"A larger than life-size portrait bust of Johns Hopkins crowns the central marble pylon. Seated in marble chairs at each side of this pylon are two allegorical figures. On Johns Hopkins' proper left side is a female figure. She is covered in drapery only on her lower torso and holds a bowl in her proper right hand which rest on her proper right leg. Around this arm curls a snake. A laurel wreath is in her hair. She is said to represent healing and the Hospital. The male figure is seated, drapery flows from his waist downward, his proper right leg crossed over his proper left, his proper left hand holds his chin which is tilted downward in a contemplative pose. He holds a book and a scroll is open across his lap. He is said to represent knowledge and the University. The water and the fountain were added to refer to the continuing effects of Johns Hopkins two gift to the city--the University and the Hospital."

Portrait male -- Hopkins, Johns -- Bust

Occupation -- Monetary -- Philanthropist

Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Medicine

State of Being -- Emotion -- Pain

Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Logic

Animal -- Reptile -- Snake

Outdoor Sculpture -- Maryland -- Baltimore

Administered by City of Baltimore, Recreation and Parks, 2600 Madison Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland 21217

Located 33rd Street at North Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21218

Formerly located 34th Street & North Charles Streets, Baltimore, Maryland 21218 until 1952.

Gift of City of Baltimore, Municipal Art Society. Cost twenty-five thousand dollars. This piece was moved to its present location after an accident at its previous site in 1952 when two firetrucks collided.

Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985

The Peale Museum.

National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, MD5021, 1989.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Maryland, Baltimore survey, 1992.

Monumental News, March 1910, pg. 215.

"The Rinehart School of Sculpture 75th Anniversary Catalogue 1896-1971," Baltimore: Maryland Institute, College of Art, 1971, pg. 16-47.

Brown, Warren Wilmer, "The Municipal Art Society of Baltimore City: Its Aims and Accomplishments," 1939, pg. 23, 30-31.

Brown, Warren Wilmer, "The Municipal Art Society of Baltimore City: Its Aims and Accomplishments, 1930.

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