George Washington, (sculpture).

George Washington, (sculpture).

Bartholomew, Edward Sheffield, 1822-1858, sculptor.

George Mann and Son, architectural firm.

George Washington, (sculpture).

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Sculpture: marble; Base: granite; Niche: granite.

Sculpture: approx. 8 ft. x 3 ft. x 30 in.; Base: approx. 7 ft. x 110 in. x 74 in.; Niche: approx. 16 ft. x 99 in. x 58 in.

(Niche, front plaque:) PRESENTED/BY FAMILY OF/NOAH WALKER. (Niche, back:) STATUE/FROM/NOAH WALKER/PEDESTAL/FROM/ENOCH PRATT

A portrait of George Washington stands in a niche on top of a square base. His proper left leg is extended and he leans back slightly into the niche. He is dressed in his military uniform with a cloak wrapped around his proper right arm which is bent at his waist. He holds a scroll in his proper right hand. He rests his proper left hand on top of a book resting on a small pedestal by his proper left leg. The niche is of polished granite and the base is of rough granite. At the top of the niche there is a United States seal.

Portrait male -- Washington, George -- Full length

Occupation -- Political -- President

Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform

Object -- Written Matter -- Book

Object -- Written Matter -- Scroll

Outdoor Sculpture -- Maryland -- Baltimore

Administered by City of Baltimore, Recreation and Parks, 2600 Madison Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland 21217

Located Druid Hill Park, Baltimore, Maryland 21217

Formerly located Noah Walker and Company, 165-167 East Baltimore Street, Washington Building, Facade, third floor niche, Baltimore, Maryland

The sculpture, which was executed in Rome in 1857, cost $6,000 and was commissioned by Noah Walker, a merchant and owner of Baltimore's largest dry goods and clothing store, Noah Walker and Company. The sculpture was originally installed in a third floor niche on the facade of the Noah Walker and Company's Washington Building. When the building was sold in the 1890s, after the death of Noah Walker, the Walker family donated the sculpture to the city. The base was donated by Enoch Pratt. The niche in which the sculpture now stands was made by George Mann and Son.

IAS files contain excerpts from William Sener Ruck's "Art in Baltimore: Monuments and Memorials," Baltimore: Norman, Remington, 1929, pg. 104-105 and Maryland Historical Magazine 51 (Dec. 1956): pg. 267-272; and newspaper articles from The Sun (Baltimore, MD), March 16, 1960; Feb 22, 1960; and The Evening Sun (Baltimore, MD), Sept. 21, 1960. IAS files also contain a photocopy of a post card illustrating the sculpture as it appeared on the facade of Noah Walker and Company's Washington Building.

Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985

The Peale Museum.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Maryland, Baltimore survey, 1993.

The Evening Sun (Baltimore, MD), Sept. 21, 1960.

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