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    		• Taft, Lorado Zadoc,
     
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    		• Crunelle, Leonard,
     
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    		• Torrey, Fred M.,
     
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    		• Walker, Nellie Verne,
     
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    		• Webster, Mary Hortense,
     
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    		• Midway Studios,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Washington, George
     
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    		• Occupation -- Political
     
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    		• Occupation -- Military
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Morris, Robert
     
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    		• Ethnic -- British
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Salomon, Haym
     
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    		• Ethnic -- Polish
     
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    		• Occupation -- Other
     
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    		• Allegory -- Civic
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Illinois -- Chicago
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    The George Washington - Robert Morris - Hyam Salomon Memorial, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Taft, Lorado Zadoc, 1860-1936, sculptor.
    Crunelle, Leonard, 1872-1944, sculptor.
    Torrey, Fred M., 1884-1967, sculptor.
    Walker, Nellie Verne, 1874-1973, sculptor.
    Webster, Mary Hortense, sculptor.
    Midway Studios, founders.
    Title: 
    The George Washington - Robert Morris - Hyam Salomon Memorial, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Heald Square Monument, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated Dec. 19, 1941. Rededicated Oct. 4, 1962.
    Digital Reference: 
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    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Figures: approx. 11 x 12 x 4 ft.; Base: approx. 6 x 15 x 5 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (On plaque on top step of stone base:) Symbol of American Tolerance and Unity and of the Cooperation of People of All Races and Creeds in the Upbuilding of the United States. /This monument designed by Lorado Taft and completed/by Leonard Crunelle was presented to the city of/Chicago by the Patriotic Foundation of Chicago (followed by list of names) Dedicated on the 150th Anniversary of the Ratification of the American Bill of Rights/December 15, 1941. (On plaque on middle step of base:) Rededicated by American Mason Heritage Council October 6th 1962 (Front of base:) Robert Morris . George Washington . Haym Salomon/The government of the United States/which gives to bigotry no sanction to the persecution/no assistance requires only that they who live under/its protection should demean themselves as good citizens/in giving it on all occasions their effectual support/President George Washington 1790
    Description: 
    George Washington in his Revolutionary War uniform shakes hands with English-born Robert Morris, on his right, and Polish-Jewish emigre Hyam Salomon, on his left. Morris, a banker and signer of the Declaration of Independence, and his colleague Salomon, are considered the major financiers of the American Revolution. A bronze plaque on the base pictures an assemblage of figures, of many different origins, seated around a figure of Liberty. Liberty stretches out her arms to embrace all.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Washington, George
    Occupation -- Political -- President
    Occupation -- Military -- General
    Portrait male -- Morris, Robert
    Ethnic -- British
    Portrait male -- Salomon, Haym
    Ethnic -- Polish
    Occupation -- Other -- Businessman
    Allegory -- Civic -- Liberty
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Illinois -- Chicago
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Chicago, Department of Cultural Affairs, Public Art Program, 78 East Washington, Chicago, Illinois 60602
    Located Heald Square, Wacker Drive & Wabash Avenue, Chicago, Illinois
    Remarks: 
    Chicago lawyer Barnet Hodes commissioned the sculpture in the 1930s to pay tribute to these patriots. He formed The Patriotic Foundation and raised the necessary 50,000 dollars. When Taft died in 1936 after completing only a small study model, his associates at the Midway Studios were given a new contract, and three of them, Nellie Walker, Mary Webster, and Leonard Crunelle, each enlarged one of the figures.
    References: 
    Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985
    Bach, Ira J., and Mary Lackritz Gray, "A Guide to Chicago's Public Sculpture," Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1983, pg. 80-81.
    Riedy, James L., "Chicago Sculpture," Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1981, pg. 212-214.
    Gray, Mary Lackritz, "Department of Cultural Affairs Loop Sculpture Guide, Chicago: Department of Cultural Affairs, 1990, no. 28.
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Illinois, Chicago survey, 1992.
    Inventory staff, 2000.
    SOS Conservation Treatment Award, 2001.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Bach, Ira J., and Mary Lackritz Gray, "A Guide to Chicago's Public Sculpture," Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1983, pg. 81.
    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 76009355
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