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    		• Perry, Roland Hinton,
     
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    		• Huston, Joseph M.,
     
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    		• Henry-Bonnard Bronze Company,
     
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    		• Figure female -- Full length
     
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    		• Allegory -- Place
     
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    		• Model
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Commonwealth, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Perry, Roland Hinton, 1870-1941, sculptor.
    Huston, Joseph M., architect.
    Henry-Bonnard Bronze Company, founder.
    Title: 
    Commonwealth, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Miss Penn, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1905.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Gilded bronze.
    Description: 
    A small-scale model of the standing female figure representing the symbolic embodiment of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania that is located on the Pennsylvania State Capitol dome. In her proper left hand she holds a ribbon-draped staff, the symbol of justice, surmounted by the traditional American eagle. Her proper right hand is extended as a symbol of mercy.
    Subject: 
    Figure female -- Full length
    Allegory -- Place -- Pennsylvania
    Object Type: 
    Model
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    State Museum of Pennsylvania, Third & North Streets, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17101
    Remarks: 
    Perry executed this working model for the statue on the Pennsylvania Capitol dome (IAS 76007426) in 1905. This model is one-fifth the size of the finished figure which stands fourteen feet tall. The sculpture was authorized under the budget of the Capitol Building Commission with funds originally intended for bronze light standards. Architect, Joseph N. Huston, who designed the Capitol, also designed and drew the specifications for this gilded bronze sculpture, which he called "Commonwealth," and sculptor Roland Hinton Perry called "Pennsylvania." She is popularly referred to as "Miss Penn," because Perry supposedly based the figure's facial features on those of Letitia Penn, daughter of William Penn. Others believe that Perry drew on the likeness of Mrs. Joseph M. Huston for his inspiration.
    IAS files contain articles from the New York Times, June 3, 1905 and The Harrisburg Telegraph, May 25, 1906; excerpts from Charles H. Caffin's "Handbook of the New Capitol," Harrisburg, PA: J. Horace McFarland Company, pg. 16; the "Pennsylvania Capitol, A Documentary History," vol. II, pg. 383 (unpublished); and a paper from the Capitol Preservation Committee dated Aug. 1985 entitled "Proposed Restoration Project."
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania survey, 1995.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Related Works: 
    Model for: 76007426.
    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 PA001170
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