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    		• Shields, Steve,
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Kentucky -- Hopkinsville
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    St. Michael, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Shields, Steve, sculptor.
    Title: 
    St. Michael, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Saint Michael, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1991. Dedicated May 8, 1991.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Figures: copper; Base: stone.
    Dimensions: 
    Figures: approx 6 1/2 x 4 x 4 ft.; Base: approx. 49 x 37 x 37 in.
    Inscription: 
    (Front of base, within the insignia of the Fraternal Order of Police Medal of Honor:) THE SUPREME SACRIFICE/JUS-FIDUS-LIBERATUM/MEDAL OF HONOR (Side of base:) DEDICATED TO/ALL PEACE OFFICERS/IN CHRISTIAN COUNTY/WHO HAVE MADE THE/SUPREME SACRIFICES/"BLESSED ARE THE PEACE MAKERS:/FOR THEY SHALL BE CALLED/THE CHILDREN OF GOD."/MATTHEW 5:9 (Side of base lists the names of officers and the dates they were killed in the line of duty) unsigned
    Description: 
    A full-length figure of a winged St. Michael, the patron Saint of police officers, standing over a half-man, half-serpent figure with bat-like wings. St. Michael wears a tunic and holds a sword over his head with his proper right hand. In his proper left hand he holds a chain which is connected to the proper left wrist of the half-man figure.
    Subject: 
    Religion -- Angel -- St. Michael
    Religion -- New Testament -- Matthew
    Allegory -- Religion -- Good & Evil
    Object -- Weapon -- Sword
    Fantasy -- Monster
    Occupation -- Service -- Policeman
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Kentucky -- Hopkinsville
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Hopkinsville, Parks and Cemeteries, 530 North Main, Hopkinsville, Kentucky 42240
    Located Hopkinsville Police Department, West 1st Street, Hopkinsville, Kentucky
    Remarks: 
    Dedicated to the law enforcement officers of Christian County who died in the line of duty. IAS files include a transcription of list of officer names (and death dates) as found on the base.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Kentucky 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 KY000036
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