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    		• Frampton, George James,
     
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    		• Carrere & Hastings,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Stead, William Thomas
     
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    		• Ethnic -- British
     
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    		• Occupation -- Writer
     
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    		• Allegory -- Quality
     
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    		• Allegory -- Quality
     
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    		• Relief
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- New York
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Stead Memorial, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Frampton, George James, 1860-1928, sculptor.
    Carrere & Hastings, architectural firm.
    Title: 
    Stead Memorial, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    William T. Stead Memorial, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Original 1913. Dedicated July 5, 1920.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image
    Medium: 
    Relief plaque: bronze; Base: Indiana limestone.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 5 ft. 8 in. x 4 ft. 9 1/2 in. x 6 1/4 in.; Base: approx. 7 ft. 4 in. x 5 ft. x 17 1/2
    Inscription: 
    (On plaque, under figure on left side:) GEO. FRAMPTON R.A./1913 (Front, center of plaque:) W. T. STEAD/1849 1912/THIS TRIBUTE TO THE MEMORY OF A/JOURNALIST OF WORLDWIDE RENOWN IS/ERECTED BY AMERICAN FRIENDS AND ADMIRERS. HE MET DEATH ABOARD THE/TITANIC APRIL 15, 1912. AND IS NUMBERED/AMONGST THOSE WHO, DYING NOBLY ENABLED OTHER TO LIVE/FINIS CORONAT OPVS. (Under figure on right:) FORTITUDE (Under figure on left:) SYMPATHY signed
    Description: 
    Bronze relief plaque with profile of Stead above two allegorical figures set in a limestone slab base which is installed in an external wall of Central Park. The profile faces to the proper left and it is centered in the middle of two laurel leaf swags with an inscription below. A male figure of a knight representing Fortitude is on the lower right. His proper right hand is raised and may have held a sword. His proper left arm rests on a shield. A female figure of a nurse representing Sympathy is on the lower left. She wears a nurse's cap and a long cloak. She holds a wreath in her proper right hand and a torch in her proper left.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Stead, William Thomas -- Bust
    Ethnic -- British
    Occupation -- Writer -- Journalist
    Allegory -- Quality -- Fortitude
    Allegory -- Quality -- Charity
    Object Type: 
    Relief
    Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- New York
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of New York, Department of Parks and Recreation, The Arsenal - Central Park, New York, New York 10021
    Located Central Park, Fifth Avenue and 91st Street, New York, New York 10021
    Remarks: 
    The original casting of this piece is installed on the Embankment, a promenade along the Thames in London. Stead was an influential British journalist who died on the Titantic, going down with the ship after helping others to get off safely. In 1920, American admirers had a copy made and installed in Central Park. Due to vandalism, a new figure was modeled, cast and applied in 1938. Plaque was restored, repatinated and reset.
    References: 
    Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985
    The City of New York, Department of Parks, 1941.
    Gayle, Margot & Michele Cohen, "Guide to Manhattan's Outdoor Sculpture," New York: Prentice Hall, 1988.
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York, New York survey, 1993.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Gayle, Margot & Michele Cohen, "Guide to Manhattan's Outdoor Sculpture," New York: Prentice Hall, 1988, pg. 230.
    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 76003551
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