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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Cantalamessa-Papotti, Nicola,     Unknown (Rome, Italy),     Ames Manufacturing Company,     Portrait male -- Chisholm, Henry     Occupation -- Industry     Occupation -- Monetary     Ethnic -- Scottish     Outdoor Sculpture -- Ohio -- Cleveland     Sculpture

Henry Chisholm Memorial, (sculpture). Artist:  Cantalamessa-Papotti, Nicola, 1831-1910, sculptor. Unknown (Rome, Italy), founder. Ames Manufacturing Company, founder. Title:  Henry Chisholm Memorial, (sculpture). Dates:  Cast 1884. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Reliefs: bronze; Base; granite. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 6 ft. 6 in. x 4 ft. 8 in.; Base: approx. 13 ft. 6 in. x 21 ft. 8 in. Inscription:  (Carved on front of base:) CHISHOLM (On back of base:) ERECTED BY/6000 EMPLOYEES AND FRIENDS/IN MEMORY OF/HENRY CHISHOLM/CHRISTIAN PHILANTHROPIST/AND EVERYBODY'S FRIEND/BORN IN LOCKCHELLY SCOTLAND/APRIL 27, 1822/DIED IN CLEVELAND, OHIO/MAY 9, 1881 Description:  A portrait of Henry Chisholm standing in an overcoat, with his proper left foot forward, his proper left arm resting atop a rolling-mill housing. The sculpture is mounted atop a tiered granite base adorned with three bronze reliefs depicting steel workers and a scene depicting a steel mill floor with Bessemer converters in the background. Subject:  Portrait male -- Chisholm, Henry -- Full length Occupation -- Industry -- Milling Occupation -- Monetary -- Philanthropist Ethnic -- Scottish Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Ohio -- Cleveland Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Lake View Cemetery Foundation, 12316 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44106 Located Lake View Cemetery, 12316 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44106 Remarks:  The sculpture was erected in honor of Cleveland industrialist Henry Chisholm (1822-1891) who helped establish Cleveland as a major iron and steel center. Chisholm, born in Scotland, moved to Cleveland in 1850. In 1864, he organized the Chisholm Jones & Co., and Cleveland Rolling Mill Co., which eventually became part of U.S. Steel. His H. P. Horse Nail Company (later American Steel & Wire Co.) was the largest in the world at the time. Other businesses included the American Sheet & Boiler Co. and the Union Steel Screw Co. The sculpture was funded by mill workers, who donated a day's wages each. IAS files contain related newspaper articles and Chisholm's obituary. The Daily Evening Transcript (Boston), Sept. 1, 1883, 3:2 indicates that the three bronze relief plaques depicting the interior of a furnace, a foundry, and a wire mill have been cast at Ames. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Ohio, Cleveland survey, 1993. Lybarger, Helen Baldwin, "A Survey of Public Monuments in Cleveland," Cleveland, OH: Early Settlers Assoc. of Cleveland & the Western Reserve, 1979. (booklet) Inventory staff, 2000. Moore, Merl M., Jr., 1994. Daily Evening Transcript (Boston), Sept. 1, 1883, 3:2. 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 88420028   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 88420028 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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