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    		• Brines, John Francis,
     
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    		• LeBlanc Barbedienne,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Sheldon, Edward Austin
     
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    		• Figure male -- Child
     
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    		• Occupation -- Education
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Oswego
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Edward Austin Sheldon, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Brines, John Francis, 1860-1905, sculptor.
    LeBlanc Barbedienne, founder.
    Title: 
    Edward Austin Sheldon, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Cast 1899. Dedicated 1900. Relocated 1922. Relocated 1988.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Approx. 57 x 28 1/2 x 45 1/4 in.
    Inscription: 
    J. F. Brines Paris 1899 (Incised on base, front:) ERECTED BY/CHILDREN OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS/OF THE/STATE OF NEW YORK/1899 (Incised on base, right:) EDWARD AUSTIN SHELDON/EDUCATOR/1823-1897/AMERICA'S PIONEER/IN/EDUCATIONAL METHODS signed
    Description: 
    Seated portrait of Edward Austin Sheldon showing a sphere to a boy who stands next to him. Sheldon wears a suit and has a beard. The young boy wears knee-length trousers and a shirt with wide round collar.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Sheldon, Edward Austin -- Full length
    Figure male -- Child
    Occupation -- Education -- Teacher
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Oswego
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by State University of New York College at Oswego, Building and Grounds, Oswego, New York 13126
    Located State University of New York College at Oswego, Courtyard between Culkin Hall & Hewitt Union, Oswego, New York
    Provenance: 
    Formerly located Oswego State Normal School, Oswego, New York
    Originally installed New York State Capitol, Albany, New York
    Remarks: 
    Commissioned by the New York State Education Department and funded with pennies collected from school children. The cost was $3,500. The sculpture was originally installed in the State Capitol in Albany. In 1922 it was moved to the Oswego State Normal School. In 1988 it was moved to the State University of New York (SUNY) at Oswego. Dr. Edward Austin Sheldon, a New York native, was an educator who developed "object teaching" and founder of the Oswego Normal & Training School in 1861. The sculpture has been designated a National Historic Landmark and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. For related reading, see the Oswego Daily Palladium Jan. 11, 1900, pg. 5 and Jan. 12, 1900, pg. 3. Additional information in available in the vertical files of SUNY-Oswego Special Collections. IAS files contain a related article from the Oswego Alumni Bulletin, 1987.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York survey, 1994.
    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 NY001652
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