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    		• Carpenter, Molly Sanger,
     
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    		• TEA Z,
     
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    		• History -- United States
     
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    		• History -- United States
     
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    		• Emblem -- Seal
     
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    		• Object -- Tool
     
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    		• Architecture -- Boat
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Delaware -- Dover
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    The Compass Rose, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Carpenter, Molly Sanger, sculptor.
    TEA Z, founder.
    Title: 
    The Compass Rose, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated Dec. 7, 1988.
    Digital Reference: 
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    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: brick.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. H. 3 in. x Diam. 142 in.; Base: approx. H. 5 1/2 x Diam. 155 in.
    Inscription: 
    (On rim:) MOLLY SANGER CARPENTER (artist's monogram) 1988 THROUGH THE DELAWARE H (...transcription partially illegible) TEA Z (In center) DOVER DELAWARE/DECEMBER 7, 1787 (in cursive script:) Geo. Reed/Gunning Bedford, Jun/John Dickinson/Richard Bassett/Jaco. Broom (Surrounding center:) DELAWARE/RATIFIES/FULLY,/FREELY/& ENTIRELY/A rising/and not a/setting sun/-Benjamin/Franklin/1787/We the People/OF THE UNITED STATES/DO ORDAIN AND ESTABLISH/THIS CONSTITUTION/DELAWARE/FIRST TO ADOPT/WILL BE LAST TO/DESERT THE CONSTITUTION/WASHINGTON MONUMENT/1849
    (Radiating from center:) PENNSYLVANIA (star) 12.12.1787 (star) PHILADELPHIA (star) 19.73 (degree symbol) (star) 58/NEW YORK (star) 7.26.1788 (star) POUGHKEEPSIE (star) 25.16 (degree symbol) (star) 195/NEW JERSEY (star) 12.18.1787 (star) TRENTON (star) 28.70 (degree symbol) (star) 84/NEW HAMPSHIRE (star) 6.21.1788 (star) CONCORD 35.44 (degree symbol) (star) CONNECTICUT (star) 1.9.1788 (star) HARTFORD (star) 38.91 (degree symbol) (star) 235/MASSACHUSETTS (star) 2.6.1788 (star) BOSTON (star) 45.15 (degree symbol) (star) 322/RHODE ISLAND (star) 5.29.1790 NEWPORT (star) 52.8 (star) 273.75/505 (star) 210.41 (degree symbol) (star) CHARLESTON (star) 5.23.1788 (star) SOUTH CAROLINA/337.3 (star) 214 (degree symbol) (star) FAYETTEVILLE (star) 11.21.1789 (star) NORTH CAROLINA/53 (star) 256.58 (degree symbol) (star) ANNAPOLIS (...transcription partially illegible) 1788 (STAR)MARYLAND (On perimeter:) (...transcription partially illegible) FROM DOVER AND MILES AS THE CROW FLIES signed Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    A horizontal circular compass resembling a medallion, commemorating Delaware's having been the first state to ratify the Constitution. In raised lettering and inscribed in the center of the compass rose are the signatures of Delaware's signatories of the Constitution, Delaware's coat of arms and the date of the State's ratification, surrounded by sunrise motifs. Surrounding the center are phrases relating to the Constitution and Delaware's role in its ratification, a relief of a sailing ship, the names of the other original states, the dates of their ratification, and the distance and the compass headings to the capitals of those states.
    Subject: 
    History -- United States -- Constitution
    History -- United States -- Delaware
    Emblem -- Seal
    Object -- Tool -- Measuring Device
    Architecture -- Boat -- Sailing Ship
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Delaware -- Dover
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by State of Delaware, Department of Administrative Services, Townsend Building, 3rd Floor, Dover, Delaware 19901
    Located Capitol Square, Legislative Avenue, across street from Legislative Hall, Dover, Delaware
    Remarks: 
    The sunrise motifs surrounding the central element of the sculpture are copied from the chair from which George Washington presided over the Constitutional Convention. The sailing ship is symbolic of Delaware's maritime heritage. A nearby plaque includes the Great Seal of the State of Delaware. On the nearby plaque: First/to Ratify/the Constitution/of the United States/Delaware/The Compass Rose/Dedicated 7 December 1988/Authorized by the/Delaware Heritage Commission/and the/134th General Assembly/Sculpture by/Molly Sanger Carpenter. IAS files contain a brochure from the Delaware Heritage Commission discussing the sculpture and Constitution Park in Capitol Square, where it is located.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Delaware 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 DE000035
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