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    		• Gardner, Wellington W.,
     
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    		• Mundhenk & Walther,
     
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    		• Hurricane Granite Company,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Blair, Frank P.
     
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    		• Occupation -- Political
     
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    		• Occupation -- Military
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Missouri -- St. Louis
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Frank P. Blair, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Gardner, Wellington W., sculptor.
    Mundhenk & Walther, founder.
    Hurricane Granite Company, contractor.
    Title: 
    Frank P. Blair, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Francis Preston Blair, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated May 21, 1885.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image
    Medium: 
    Figure: Bronze with brownish/black patina; Base: Missouri granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Figure: approx. 9 x 5 x 3 ft.; Base: approx. 13 x 6 x 6 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (On bronze plinth, proper right side:) W. W. Gardner/Sculpt. (On bronze plinth, proper left side:) Mundhenk & Walther/Cin'Ti Art Foundry (On base, lower proper right side, near front:) Hurricane Granite Co./St. Louis, MO (On base, lower proper right side, near rear:) J. W. Mitchell (On front of base:) FRANK P. BLAIR, JR./BORN FEB'Y 19, 1821/DIED JULY 8, 1875 (On back of base:) This monument is raised to/commemorate the indomitable/free-soil header of the west;/the herald and standard bearer/of freedom in Missouri; the/creator of the first volunteer/Union Army in the south. The/saviour of the state from secession;/the patriotic citizen - soldier, who/fought from the beginning to the/end of the war; the magnanimous/statesman, who, as soon as the/war was over, breasted the/torrent of prescription, to restore/to citizenship the disfranchised/southern people, and finally, the incorruptible public servant. signed Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    Standing male figure wearing 19th century civilian clothing, including long coat. Figure's proper left leg is slightly forward, and his proper right arm is bent with raised fist. His proper left hand is at his side, holding a scroll. This bronze figure is mounted on an elaborate granite base.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Blair, Frank P. -- Full length
    Occupation -- Political -- Senator
    Occupation -- Military -- General
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Missouri -- St. Louis
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of St. Louis, Department of Parks, Recreation, and Forestry, 5600 Clayton Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri 63110
    Located Forest Park, Northeast Quadrant, Near Intersection of Kingshighway & Lindell Boulevard, St. Louis, Missouri
    Provenance: 
    Formerly located Forest Park, Northeast Entrance, at Intersection of Kingshighway & Lindell Boulevard, St. Louis, Missouri
    Remarks: 
    Figure donated by Blair Monument Association; base funded by the City of St. Louis. Cost approximately $10,000. IAS files contain copies of articles from St. Louis Globe-Democrat, May 13, 1885, which discusses plans for the dedication ceremony; St. Louis Globe Democrat, May 17, 1885, which details the commissioning and creation of the sculpture and its base; and Missouri Historical Society Bulletin (July 1960), which discusses the dedication ceremony, at which General William Tecumseh Sherman spoke.
    IAS files contain copy from unpublished 1969 Mayor's Report, "Pubic Art - St. Louis," which explains that the monument was located originally in the middle of the road at the intersection of Kingshighway and Lindell Boulevard; when the road was redesigned, the monument was moved to its present location near the intersection.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Missouri, St. Louis survey, 1993.
    McCue, George, "Sculpture City: St. Louis," New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1988.
    Loughlin, Caroline, and Catherine Anderson, "Forest Park," Columbia, MO: University of Missouri Press, 1986, pg. 31, 253.
    Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.
    Missouri Historical Society Bulletin 16 (July 1960): pg. 320-321.
    St. Louis Globe-Democrat, May 13, 1885.
    St. Louis Globe-Democrat, May 17, 1885.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    McCue, George, "Sculpture City: St. Louis," New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1988, pg. 36.
    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 76000974
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