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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
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Morris, Esther H.
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Full length
Occupation
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Law
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Judge
History
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United
States
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Women
's
History
Object
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Written Matter
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Scroll
Object
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Foliage
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Sagebrush
Dress
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Historic
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Nineteenth Century Dress
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture
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Wyoming
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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
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Inventory of American Sculpture
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