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    		• Frey, Erwin F.,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Thompson, William Oxley
     
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    		• Occupation -- Education
     
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    		• Dress -- Ceremonial
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Ohio -- Columbus
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    William Oxley Thompson, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Frey, Erwin F., 1892-1967, sculptor.
    Title: 
    William Oxley Thompson, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Commissioned Feb. 1929. 1930. Dedicated June 1930.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: New Hampshire granite.
    Dimensions: 
    H. 10 ft.
    Sculpture: approx. H. 11 ft. x D. 4 ft. 4 in.
    Inscription: 
    (Sculpture, back right near base:) Erwin &(sic) Frey sc/1930 (Base, front right side:) WILLIAM OXLEY/THOMPSON (Base, front left side:) PRESIDENT OF THIS/UNIVERSITY/1899-1925 (Base, back left side:) A tribute from/The Students (Base, back right side:) Erected by/The classes of/1923/1925/1926/1928 signed
    Description: 
    Standing portrait of Thompson, dressed in his academic robes, holding a scroll in his proper left hand. The sculpture rests in the middle of a flagstone terrace on top of a stone base consisting of a central pedestal flanked by two inscription blocks.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Thompson, William Oxley -- Full length
    Occupation -- Education -- University President
    Dress -- Ceremonial -- Academic Dress
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Ohio -- Columbus
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Ohio State University, Campus Art Memorial Committee, The Office of the University Architect and Physical Planning, 400 Central Classroom Building, 2009 Millikin Road, Columbus, Ohio 43210
    Located Ohio State University, Main Library, front terrace off South Oval & Neil Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210
    Remarks: 
    William Oxley Thompson (1855-1933) was president of Ohio State University from 1899-1925. A memorial fund for the sculpture was begun in 1923 and was completed by the class of 1926 ($13,000). IAS files contain photocopies of University records listing the progression of events leading to the finished sculpture. IAS files also contain related articles from The Ohio State University Monthly (June 1930) and The Ohio State Lantern, May 22, 1945.
    References: 
    Campen, Richard N., "Outdoor Sculpture in Ohio," Chagrin Falls, Ohio: West Summit Press, 1980.
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Ohio, Columbus survey, 1993.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Campen, Richard N., "Outdoor Sculpture in Ohio," Chagrin Falls, Ohio: West Summit Press, 1980, pg. 122.
    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 87830103
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