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Thomas Brackett Reed, (sculpture). Artist:  Miller, Burr, 1870-1925, sculptor. Sheidow Bronze Corporation, founder. Massachusetts Monumental Company, contractor. Title:  Thomas Brackett Reed, (sculpture). Dates:  1908. Dedicated Aug. 31, 1910. Plaque installed ca. 1989. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: Red Beach Maine granite. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. H. 10 ft.; Base: approx. 8 x 10 x 10 ft. Inscription:  (On base, right:) BURR CHURCHILL MILLER/PARIS, 1908 (On plaque on base, rear:) THOMAS BRACKETT "CZAR" REED/STATESMAN AND MAN OF CONSCIENCE/1839-1902/PORTLAND NATIVE/BOWDOIN COLLEGE CLASS OF 1860/CIVIL WAR VETERAN/MAINE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1868-1869/ATTORNEY GENERAL OF MAINE 1870-1872/UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1877-1899/SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES/1889-1891 AND 1895-1899 signed Description:  Full-length portrait of Thomas Brackett Reed stands atop a square base with a decorative border. He is a balding and portly figure wearing a suit, vest and knee-length coat. He holds a rolled-up paper in his proper left hand and his proper right hand is raised near his hip. Subject:  Portrait male -- Reed, Thomas Brackett -- Full length Occupation -- Political -- Congressman Occupation -- Political -- State Attorney General Occupation -- Political -- Speaker of the House Occupation -- Military -- Soldier Occupation -- Law -- Lawyer Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Maine -- Portland Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Portland, Planning Department, 389 Congress Street, Portland, Maine 04101 Located Western Promenade, Portland, Maine Remarks:  Sculpture honors Thomas Brackett Reed (1839-1902), a Portland native and Civil War veteran who served as Maine's Attorney General, a United States Congressman and Speaker of the House of Representatives. The total cost of the sculpture was $35,000. The Reed Memorial Association of Portland was responsible for the installation. The plaque was a later addition, cast by Sheidow Bronze Corporation and installed about 1989. The plaque was commissioned by Stanley T. Bennett II and David P. McKane and donated to the city. See IAS files for additional information, citations and biographical data about the sitter from the files of the Portland Historical Society. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Maine survey, 1994. National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, ME0015, 1989. Monumental News, Dec. 1910, pg. 868. SOS Assessment Award, 2000. Illustration:  Image on file. Monumental News, Dec. 1910, pg. 868. 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 ME000406   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture ME000406 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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