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    		• Buberl, Caspar,
     
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    		• Roman Bronze Works,
     
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    		• M. J. Seelig & Company,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Fulton, Robert
     
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    		• Occupation -- Science
     
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    		• Architecture -- Boat
     
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    		• Allegory -- Arts & Sciences
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Brooklyn
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Fulton Memorial, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Buberl, Caspar, 1834-1899, sculptor.
    Roman Bronze Works, founder.
    M. J. Seelig & Company, founder.
    Title: 
    Fulton Memorial, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Statue of Robert Fulton, (sculpture).
    Robert Fulton, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Original 1872. Recast 1955.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: metal; Base: cast stone or polished granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 10 ft. 6 in. x 4 ft. x 4 ft.; Base: approx. 7 x 5 x 5 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (Front of base:) ROBERT FULTON/1765-1815 (Sculpture, lower left near base:) G. BABERI (sic) (Sculpture, front near base:) M.L. JEDIG (sic) (Sculpture, rear near base:) ROMAN BRONZE WORKS INC., NY signed Founders mark appears.
    Description: 
    A standing figure of Fulton resting his proper right hand on a small model of a boat, the Nassau. His proper left hand grasps the edge of his cloak. The sculpture stands in the middle of a grassy circle bound by a low fence.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Fulton, Robert -- Full length
    Occupation -- Science -- Inventor
    Architecture -- Boat -- Nassau
    Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Sculpture
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Brooklyn
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of New York, Department of Parks and Recreation, The Arsenal - Central Park, New York, New York 10021
    Located Fulton Park, Fulton Street between Stuyvesant & Lewis Avenues, Brooklyn, New York
    Remarks: 
    This statue is a recast of the original created in 1872. Buberl modeled the likeness based on a portrait by John Wesley Jarvis. The original statue was first installed at the Brooklyn Ferry House in 1872, but it subsequently disappeared. Years later, members of the Old Brooklynites discovered it in a junk pile, and in 1930 the statue was erected in Fulton Park. When the statue was installed, it was placed on a stone base inscribed on the front with just the name Fulton. In 1932, a bronze plaque (now appears to be missing) was added to the back of the base and an unveiling ceremony was held on October 15, 1932. The inscription on the bronze plaque read: "Erected in Memory of Robert Fulton, Father of the Steamboat, Fulton Ferry House, October 15, 1872, Relocated at Fulton Park, November 14, 1930, by the Society of Old Brooklynites." According to the SOS! survey, the sculpture was originally cast in zinc, but was replaced in 1955 by a Roman Bronze Works cast. Files at the Brooklyn Historical society contain material on this sculpture.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York, New York survey, 1993.
    Lederer, Joseph, "All Around the Town: A Walking Guide to Outdoor Sculpture in New York City," New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1975, pg. 206.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Lederer, Joseph, "All Around the Town: A Walking Guide to Outdoor Sculpture in New York City," New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1975, pg. 206.
    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 NY000197
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