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    		• Frazee, John,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Leggett, William
     
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    		• Occupation -- Writer
     
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    		• Object -- Musical Instrument
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- New Rochelle
     
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    		• Relief
     
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    		• Obelisk
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    William Leggett, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Frazee, John, 1790-1852, sculptor.
    Title: 
    William Leggett, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Commissioned 1839. Installed 1840.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: marble or granite; Base: marble or granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Obelisk: approx. 8 ft. x 26 in. x 26 in.; Base: approx. 4 x 4 x 4 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (Incised on base, front:) TO/WILLIAM LEGGETT/THE ELOQUENT JOURNALIST/WHOSE GENIUS, DISINTERESTEDNESS/AND COURAGE ENNOBLED HIS PROFESSION,/WHO LOVED TRUTH FOR ITS OWN SAKE,/AND ASSERTED IT WITH MOST ARDOUR (sic)/WHEN WEAKER MINDS WERE MOST DISMAYED/WITH OPPOSITION,/WHO COULD ENDURE NO FORM OF TYRANNY/AND RAISED HIS VOICE AGAINST/ALL INJUSTICE/ON WHOMSOEVER COMMITTED/AND WHOEVER WERE ITS AUTHORS./THE DEMOCRATIC YOUNG MEN/OF NEW YORK/SORROWING THAT A CAREER SO GLORIOUS/SHOULD HAVE CLOSED SO PREMATURELY/HAVE ERECTED THIS MONUMENT unsigned
    Description: 
    Obelisk which stands on a square base bears a bas-relief bust of William Leggett. The figure is seen in proper left profile and is encircled within a wreath. There is a bas-relief of a lyre near the top of the obelisk.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Leggett, William -- Bust
    Occupation -- Writer -- Journalist
    Object -- Musical Instrument -- Lyre
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- New Rochelle
    Relief
    Obelisk
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Trinity St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Huguenot Street, Cemetery, New Rochelle, New York
    Remarks: 
    Commissioned by the Young Men's General Committee of New York City's Democratic Party in memory of William Leggett, part-owner of the New York Evening Post. The SOS! survey lists the media as granite; and the text from "John Frazee, Sculptor, 1790-1852," lists the media as marble. The sculpture is the subject of a poem written by James Greenleaf Whittier.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York survey, 1994.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Voss, Frederick, "John Frazee, Sculptor, 1790-1852," Washington: National Portrait Gallery; Boston: Boston Athenaeum, 1986, pg. 107.
    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 NY001710
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