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Baker School Ornamentation, (sculpture). Artist:  Robinson, Charles M., architect. Title:  Baker School Ornamentation, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Baker School Sculpture, (sculpture). Dates:  ca. 1935. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Concrete. Dimensions:  Circular relief: approx. Diam. 4 ft.; Each rectangular relief: approx. H. 3 ft. x W. 2 ft. Inscription:  unsigned Description:  Four relief panels on school with Art Deco style facade. On stairway entrance wall is a circular relief representing knowledge, with images of a lamp with smoke trail rising from it; books and dividers; an inkwell and quill; and a steamship. On the school facade, above the circular relief, are three rectangular bas-relief panels. The center rectangular panels depicts the head of a classical figure wearing an ornate headpiece. The right panel depicts the Seal of the Commonwealth of Virginia and the left panel depicts the Seal of the City of Richmond. Subject:  Allegory -- Quality -- Prudence Figure -- Bust Object -- Furniture -- Lamp Object -- Written Matter -- Book Object -- Other -- Writing Tool Architecture -- Boat -- Steamer Emblem -- Seal Dress -- Accessory -- Hat Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Virginia -- Richmond Architectural component Relief Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Richmond Public Schools, 900 East Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219 Located Baker School, Baker & St. Paul Streets, central wing, Richmond, Virginia References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Virginia survey, 1995. 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 VA000383   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture VA000383 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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