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James Abram Garfield, (sculpture). Artist:  Schweizer, J. Otto, 1863-1955, sculptor. Bureau Brothers, founder. Title:  James Abram Garfield, (sculpture). Dates:  Dedicated Sept. 2, 1918. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 7 x 3 x 3 ft.; Base: approx. 4 x 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 ft. Inscription:  J Otto Schweizer BUREAU BROS (On front of base:) DEDICATED SEPTEMBER 2, 1918/IN MEMORY OF/JAMES ABRAM GARFIELD/TWENTIETH PRESIDENT/UNITED STATES OF AMERICA/BORN AT MENTOR OHIO NOV. 19. 1831/DIED AT LONG BRANCH N.J. SEPT. 19. 1881 signed Founder's mark appears. Description:  Full-length bronze portrait of President James Garfield. He is depicted as an elderly man. He wears a suit and overcoat and holds a hat in his proper left hand. His proper right arm is bent at the elbow, with hand clasping edge of coat. He has a beard and moustache. The sculpture stands atop a square granite base. Subject:  Portrait male -- Garfield, James A. -- Full length Occupation -- Political -- President Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- New Jersey -- Long Branch Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Long Branch, 344 Broadway, Long Branch, New Jersey 07740 Located Long Branch Boardwalk, Between Broadway & Laird Streets, Long Branch, New Jersey Remarks:  The sculpture was a gift of the people of the state of New Jersey. IAS files contain copy of related excerpt from Writer's Project (W.P.A.) "Entertaining A Nation: the Career of Long Branch", Long Branch, NJ: 1940, pg. 130. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Jersey survey, 1995. Illustration:  Image on file. Writer's Project. New Jersey. "Entertaining a Nation: The Career of Long Branch", Long Branch, NJ: 1940, 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 NJ000497   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture NJ000497 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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