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    		• Ezekiel, Moses Jacob, Sir,
     
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    		• Unknown (Rome, Italy),
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Daniel, John Warwick
     
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    		• Occupation -- Political
     
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    		• Occupation -- Political
     
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    		• Occupation -- Law
     
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    		• Occupation -- Military
     
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    		• State of Being -- Disabled
     
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    		• Object -- Furniture
     
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    		• Dress -- Accessory
     
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    		• Object -- Written Matter
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Virginia -- Lynchburg
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    John Warwick Daniel, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Ezekiel, Moses Jacob, Sir, 1844-1917, sculptor.
    Unknown (Rome, Italy), founder.
    Title: 
    John Warwick Daniel, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Lame Lion of Lynchburg, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Commissioned 1913. Base 1913. 1914. Dedicated May 16, 1915.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 7 x 4.5 x 5.5 ft.; Base: approx. 10 x 7.3 x 8.5 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (Front proper right corner of integral base, incised lettering:) M. EZEKIEL/ROME 191241 (Front of base, raised lettering:) JOHN WARWICK DANIEL/BORN IN LYNCHBURG/SEPTEMBER 5, 1842/DIED IN LYNCHBURG/JUNE 29, 1910/FOREMOST AND/BELOVED/VIRGINIAN/OF HIS TIME (Rear of base:) SOLDIER/JURIST/STATESMAN (Side of base, raised lettering:) ERECTED BY/THE MUNICIPALITY/AND CITIZENS/OF LYNCHBURG/AND OTHER ADMIRERS/1913 (Other side of base, raised lettering:) MAJOR IN THE ARMY/OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA/AND FOR/TWENTY FOUR YEARS/A SENATOR OF/THE UNITED STATES/FROM VIRGINIA signed Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    Portrait of John Warwick Daniel depicted seated in a Senatorial chair, facing west. He wears an open greatcoat, vest, and tie, and his proper right foot extends partly over the sculpture's integral base. His proper left hand is on his knee, and his proper right arm rests on the arm of the chair and holds a curled document. Behind him on his proper left side, a crutch leans against the chair. The sculpture is mounted upon a tapered, multitiered base, with roundels surrounding the lower section.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Daniel, John Warwick -- Full length
    Occupation -- Political -- Senator
    Occupation -- Political -- Statesman
    Occupation -- Law -- Jurist
    Occupation -- Military -- Major
    State of Being -- Disabled -- Physical Disability
    Object -- Furniture -- Chair
    Dress -- Accessory -- Cane
    Object -- Written Matter
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Virginia -- Lynchburg
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Lynchburg, Buildings & Grounds Administration, 1700 Memorial Avenue, Lynchburg, Virginia 24501
    Located Park Avenue between Floyd & Ninth Streets, Lynchburg, Virginia
    Remarks: 
    John Warwick Daniel (1842-1910) was a Lynchburg native who was Major in the Army of Northern Virginia and a Senator from Virginia for twenty-four years. Monument was erected by the municipality and citizens of Lynchburg, and other admirers of Daniel. For related newspaper article see the Lynchburg News & Advance, Nov. 10, 1994. For further reading see S. Allen Chamber, Jr.'s "Lynchburg, An Architectural History," The University Press of Virginia, 1981, pg. 413-414; and Peter W. Houck's "Tour Lynchburg," Central Lithographic Company, 1985, pg. 26, 112.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Virginia survey, 1995.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Loyd, Richard B., and Bernard K. Mundy, "Lynchburg, A Pictorial History," The Donning Company, 1975, pg. 202.
    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 VA000463
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