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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Fairbanks, Avard,     Portrait female -- Morris, Esther H.     Occupation -- Law     History -- United States     Object -- Written Matter     Object -- Foliage     Dress -- Historic     Outdoor Sculpture -- Wyoming -- Cheyenne     Sculpture

Esther Hobart Morris, (sculpture). Artist:  Fairbanks, Avard, 1897-1987, sculptor. Title:  Esther Hobart Morris, (sculpture). Dates:  1958. Copyrighted 1958. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze, with brown-black patina; Base: polished granite on painted concrete pad. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 96 x 50 x 33 in.; Base: approx. 57 x 105 x 93 in. Inscription:  (On base, bottom left side, back corner:) Avard Fairbanks/1958 (On front of base:) ESTHER HOBART MORRIS/PROPONENT OF THE LEGISLATIVE ACT WHICH/IN 1869 GAVE DISTINCTION TO THE TERRITORY OF WYOMING/AS THE 1ST GOVERNMENT IN THE WORLD TO GRANT/WOMEN EQUAL RIGHTS (On back of base:) A GRATEFUL PEOPLE HONORS THIS/STALWART PIONEER WHO ALSO BECAME/THE IST WOMAN JUSTICE OF THE PEACE signed Description:  Portrait of a woman, standing on a mound with sage bushes at her proper right side. She wears an ankle-length windblown skirt, a long-sleeved blouse with lace front and high collar. She carries a bouquet of flowers in front in her proper lef arm. Her proper right arm extends behind her, holding an unfurled scroll. Subject:  Portrait female -- Morris, Esther H. -- Full length Occupation -- Law -- Judge History -- United States -- Women's History Object -- Written Matter -- Scroll Object -- Foliage -- Sagebrush Dress -- Historic -- Nineteenth Century Dress Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Wyoming -- Cheyenne Sculpture Owner:  Administered by State of Wyoming, Wyoming State Museum, Barrett Building, 2301 Central Avenue, Cheyenne, Wyoming 82002 Located Wyoming State Capitol Building, Front (south) side, Cheyenne, Wyoming References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Wyoming survey, 1993. Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985. 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 WY000003   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture WY000003 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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