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    		• Kinney, Belle,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Baxter, Jere
     
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    		• Occupation -- Other
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Tennessee -- Nashville
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Jere Baxter, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Kinney, Belle, 1890-1959, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Jere Baxter, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Commissioned before Nov. 1905.; Dedicated May 28, 1907.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image
    Medium: 
    Bronze on granite base.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 8 x 3 x 3 ft.; Base: approx. 7 x 6 x 6 ft.
    Inscription: 
    Belle Kinney (Front of base:) JERE BAXTER/1852-1904/HIS GENIUS CONCEIVED THE/TENNESSEE CENTRAL RAILROAD/HIS COURAGE BUILT IT AND MADE/IT THE HERALD OF A NEW ERA FOR/THE CAPITAL OF HIS NATIVE STATE. (Base, proper left:) IN RECOGNITION OF HIS INVALUABLE/SERVICES TO HIS CITY AND STATE/AND IN COMMEMORATION OF HIS/COURAGE, PATRIOTISM, AND FORESIGHT/THIS MEMORIAL TO THE CITY'S GREAT/MATERIAL BENEFACTOR IS ERECTED/BY HIS FRIENDS AND FELLOW CITIZENS. (Base, proper right:) "THAT I LOVE MY COUNTRY, THE/MARKS I HAVE LEFT UPON IT SHALL/BE MY BEST TESTIMONY." signed
    Description: 
    Standing male figure in formal dress, with long buttoned coat. The figure's proper right hand is slightly outstretched as in a welcoming gesture; his proper left leg is slightly forward and his gaze is straight ahead. The figure stands on a rectangular base.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Baxter, Jere -- Full length
    Occupation -- Other -- Businessman
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Tennessee -- Nashville
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Metro Nashville Board of Education, Maintenance Department, 2601 Bransford Avenue, Nashville, Tennessee 37204
    Located Jere Baxter School, 3515 Gallatin Pike, Front, Nashville, Tennessee 37216
    Provenance: 
    Formerly located West End Avenue & Broadway, Nashville, Tennessee
    Remarks: 
    When this piece was surveyed in 1992, there were plans to build a new Jere Baxter School on Hart Lane, in which case the statue would be moved there. Cost of the sculpture was $2,100.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Tennessee survey, 1992.
    National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, TN0074, 1989.
    Monumental News, Nov. 1905, pg. 748.
    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 TN000051
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