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Bedi-Rassy Art Foundry,
Religion -- Saint
Ethnic -- Scottish
Outdoor Sculpture -- New York
Relief
Sculpture
Saint Andrew's Society Monument, (
sculpture
).
Artist:
Bedi-Rassy Art Foundry, founder.
Title:
Saint Andrew's Society Monument, (
sculpture
).
Dates:
1891.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture
: probably bronze; Base: granite.
Dimensions:
Sculpture
: approx. 97 x 80 1/8 x 36 1/16 in.; Base: approx. 26 1/4 x 156 1/4 x 96 1/8 in.
Inscription:
Bedi Rassey (sic) Art Foundry NYC (On plinth, raised letters:) FAIRE SANS DIRE (On base, bottom front:) SAINT ANDREW'S SOCIETY (Incised on rear of monument:) SACRED/TO THE MEMORY/OF NATIVES OF SCOTLAND/WHO HAVING SOUGHT A HOME/IN THIS LAND, DIED WHILE YET/STRANGERS IN IT. THEY ARE/LOVINGLY REMEMBERED IN DEATH/BY THEIR FELLOW COUNTRYMEN,/THROUGH WHOSE KINDNESS THEY/HAVE HERE FOUND A PLACE OF/SEPULCHER unsigned Founder's mark appears.
Description:
Full-length figure of St. Andrew in relief is affixed to an upright marker. The figure has a beard and wears a toga-like garment with sandals. There is a cross behind him and he holds a book in his proper left hand. A pair of pillars flank the figure. Each bears a relief of St. Andrew's Cross. There are reliefs of Scottish thistle on the sides of the monument. The whole work stands on a tiered base.
Subject:
Religion
--
Saint
--
St. Andrew
Ethnic
--
Scottish
Object Type:
Outdoor
Sculpture
--
New
York
Relief
Sculpture
Owner:
Restricted Owner, Albany County,
New
York
Remarks:
Commissioned by Thomas McCredie, a native of Glasgow, in memory of Scottish immigrants who died in America.
References:
Save
Outdoor
Sculpture
,
New
York
survey, 1994.
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 NY001848
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NY001848
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