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Jay G. Francis, (sculpture). Artist:  Johnson, Snell, sculptor. Title:  Jay G. Francis, (sculpture). Dates:  1992. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Bronze. Dimensions:  Approx. 5 x 3 x 5 ft. Description:  A portrait of college founder Jay G. Francis, depicted seated on a low fieldstone wall, with bicycle behind him. He has a moustache, and wears a suit and tie. He holds an old-fashioned camera on a stand with his proper left hand, while he gestures with his proper right hand. Subject:  Portrait male -- Francis, Jay G. -- Full length Occupation -- Education -- University Founder Occupation -- Education -- Historian Occupation -- Religion -- Clergy Object -- Art Tool -- Camera Architecture -- Vehicle -- Bicycle Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Elizabethtown Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Elizabethtown College, College Relations, One Alpha Drive, Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania 17022 Located Elizabethtown College, Alpha Courtyard, Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania Remarks:  The sculpture commemorates Jay G. Francis (1870-1958), the founder of Elizabethtown College. Francis was a free minister, educator, historian, and genealogist. In 1898, he bicycled throughout central and eastern Pennsylvania, Delaware, and the Eastern Shore of Maryland, taking photographs of Church of Bretheren meeting houses. Along the way, he elicited support from church leaders for establishing what would become Elizabethtown College. The sculpture was funded by friends of the College in honor of the College's 100th anniversary (1999). Nearby plaque reads: As Jay G. Francis acted on an idea, and a college was born, you may act on your idea and change even the world. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania survey, 1995. 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 PA001385   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture PA001385 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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