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(Main Entrance Finance Building), (sculpture). Artist:  Lawrie, Lee Oskar, 1877-1963, sculptor. Gehron, William, architect. Ross, Sydney, architect. Title:  (Main Entrance Finance Building), (sculpture). Dates:  Dedicated April 1939. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Granite. Dimensions:  Approx. H. 10 ft. x W. 30 ft. Inscription:  unsigned Description:  A relief installed on the front stairway at the entrance to the Finance Building features iconographic symbols of the Pennsylvania economy. The center of the relief depicts components of the State Seal including a plow, sheaves of wheat, a ship, and an eagle flanked by two rampant horses. A banner wrapped around the sheaves of wheat is inscribed with the motto "VIRTUE LIBERTY INDEPENDENCE." The left side of the relief depicts, in descending order, the seasons of the year, domestic and wild animals, plant life and a Native American, and natural resources of the earth. On the right side of the relief are representations of agriculture, dairy, lumbering, and the manufacturing of iron and steel. Subject:  Figure group Ethnic -- Indian Allegory -- Place -- Pennsylvania Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Agriculture Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Industry Allegory -- Other -- Nature Allegory -- Other -- Trade Allegory -- Season Emblem -- Seal Architecture -- Boat -- Ship Object -- Foliage -- Wheat Animal -- Bird -- Eagle Animal -- Horse Object -- Tool -- Plow Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Harrisburg Relief Architectural component Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of General Services, 515 North Office Building, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120 Located Finance Building, Main entrance, North Street between 7th & Commonwealth, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Remarks:  For related information see "The New Finance Building," Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Public Instruction: Harrisburg, PA, 1939. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania 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 PA000987   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture PA000987 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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