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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Longman, Evelyn Beatrice,     Gorham Manufacturing Company,     Portrait male -- Frissell, Hollis B.     Portrait male -- Moton, Robert Lewis     Portrait male -- Wainwright, John H.     Figure group     Ethnic -- African American     Occupation -- Education     Ethnic -- Indian     Outdoor Sculpture -- Alabama -- Tuskegee Institute     Relief     Architectural component     Sculpture

Hollis Burke Frissell Memorial, (sculpture). Artist:  Longman, Evelyn Beatrice, 1874-1954, sculptor. Gorham Manufacturing Company, founder. Title:  Hollis Burke Frissell Memorial, (sculpture). Dates:  1930. Dedicated Oct. 26, 1931. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: brick and concrete. Dimensions:  Approx. 100.5 x 79.5 x 2.5 in. Inscription:  (At lower right:) Evelyn B. Longman, 1930 (At lower left:) Gorham Co. Founders (Below figures in raised writing:) 1851 HOLLIS BURKE FRISSELL1917/THE MORE ABUNDANT LIFE PREVAILS signed Founder's mark appears. Description:  A relief featuring five figures. In the foreground, Hollis B. Frissell, a bald and bearded man, holds his proper right fist in front of him. To his right is Robert Lewis Moton. Both men wear suits. To Moton's right is an African-American woman in a dress. To Frissell's left are an African-American man, John H. Wainwright, and an American Indian wrapped in a blanket. Subject:  Portrait male -- Frissell, Hollis B. -- Full length Portrait male -- Moton, Robert Lewis -- Full length Portrait male -- Wainwright, John H. -- Full length Figure group Ethnic -- African American Occupation -- Education -- Principal Ethnic -- Indian Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Alabama -- Tuskegee Institute Relief Architectural component Sculpture Owner:  Tuskegee University, Chapel, north wall, Tuskegee Institute, Alabama 36088 Remarks:  Commissioned by George F. Peabody and funded through the Palmer Fund. Other casts of this relief are located at Hampton Institute, Hampton, Virginia and the Penn School on St. Helena Island, South Carolina. The image was reportedly inspired by a photograph taken at the Penn School. The relief was originally installed on the tower of the Tuskegee Chapel until it burned down on Jan. 23, 1957. Drs. Frissell and Moton were educators associated with Tuskegee Institute. IAS files include related articles from the Southern Workman, vol. 60 no. 1, Jan. 1931 and vol. 60 no. 12, Dec. 1931. References:  Samu, Margaret, 2002. Save Outdoor Sculpture, Alabama 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 AL000290   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture AL000290 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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