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    		• Bissell, George Edwin,
     
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    		• Fonderia G. Vignali,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- De Peyster, Abraham
     
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    		• Occupation -- Political
     
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    		• Occupation -- Law
     
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    		• Occupation -- Military
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Yonkers
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Colonel de Heer Abraham de Peyster, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Bissell, George Edwin, 1839-1920, sculptor.
    Fonderia G. Vignali, founder.
    Title: 
    Colonel de Heer Abraham de Peyster, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Modeled ca. 1897. 1905.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: cement.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. H. 7 ft. x 3 ft. 10 in. x 4 ft. 2 in.; Plinth: approx. 4 in. x 4 ft. x 4 ft. x in. Base: approx. 3 ft. 6 in. x 4 ft. x 5 ft. 10 in.
    Inscription: 
    (Left front:) GEO. E. BISSELL SC 1905 (Right rear:) FOND G. VIGANLIE (sic) FIRENZE (Four books under chair:) (Top:) AL RECORDS (Second book: COMERCIAL (sic) REGULATIONS (Third book:) KING'S COUNCIL DIARY (Fourth book:) JUDICIAL/DECISIONS signed Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    Portrait of Abraham de Peyster seated on straight back chair. He wears full-length judicial robes and wig, and knee-length boots. Under his robes he is wearing a dress coat and ruffled shirt. His proper right hand rests on his thigh; his proper left hand reaches across his chest and holds a scroll. At his proper right side, his hat is under his robe and rests on the base. On the back of the statue there are three large books and a scroll resting on the base.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- De Peyster, Abraham -- Full length
    Occupation -- Political -- Mayor
    Occupation -- Law -- Chief Justice
    Occupation -- Military -- Colonel
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Yonkers
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Leake and Watts Children's Home, 463 Hawthorne Avenue, Yonkers, New York 10705
    Remarks: 
    This sculpture may be a duplicate of one formerly located in Bowling Green in New York City, and now located in Hanover Square, New York City (see IAS record 76003482).
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York survey, 1993.
    Gurney, George, 1991.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Related Works: 
    For model see: 08580153.
    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 65960002
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