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Milione, Louis G., Sr.,
Sternfeld, Harry,
Emblem -- Seal
Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
Relief
Sculpture
West Pediment (State Shields), (sculpture).
Artist:
Milione, Louis G., Sr., 1884-1955, sculptor.
Sternfeld
,
Harry
,
architect
.
Title:
West Pediment (State Shields), (sculpture).
Other Titles:
State Shields, (sculpture).
Dates:
ca. 1930.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Granite and limestone.
Dimensions:
13 reliefs.
Inscription:
(On shields:) State Seal of Rhode Island/Providence Plantation 1636 / The Great Seal of the State of North Carolina / The Great Seal of the State of New York / Virginia/Sic/Semper/Tyranis / Seal of the State of New Hampshire/1776 / Scvto/Bonae/Volvntatis/TVAE/Coronasti/Nos/1632 / Massachusetensis Sicillum Reipublic / Reipublicae Connecticutensis Sicillum / State of Georgia 1776 / The Great Seal of the State of New Jersey / Seal of the Stateof Pennsylvania / Great Seal of the State of Delaware/1793 . 1847
Description:
On the 9th Street facade, just above the windows, the Federal Courthouse and Post Office is adorned with thirteen state shields that represent the thirteen states in the circuit of the federal district court. The shields depict the state seals for: Rhode Island with the Providence Plantation 1636; North Carolina; New York; Virginia; New Hampshire; Tennessee; Massachusetts; Connecticut; Georgia; New Jersey; Pennsylvania; and Delaware.
Subject:
Emblem -- Seal
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
Relief
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by United States Department of General Services, Washington, District of Columbia
Located United States Post Office and Court House, William Penn Annex, 9th & Chestnut streets, 9th Street facade, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Remarks:
The reliefs were created as part of the Works Progress Administration. IAS files contain an excerpt from Penny Balkin Bach's "Public Art in Philadelphia," Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1992, pg. 219. The photograph in the IAS image files depicts just three of the seals.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia survey, 1993.
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 PA001113
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Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
PA001113
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