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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Rhind, John Massey,     Harrison Granite Company,     Portrait male -- Henderson, David B.     Occupation -- Political     Occupation -- Political     Occupation -- Military     Dress -- Accessory     Object -- Other     State of Being -- Disabled     Outdoor Sculpture -- Iowa -- Clermont     Sculpture

David B. Henderson, (sculpture). Artist:  Rhind, John Massey, 1860-1936, sculptor. Harrison Granite Company, contractor. Title:  David B. Henderson, (sculpture). Digital Reference:  Medium:  Figure: bronze; Base: Barre granite. Dimensions:  Figure: approx. 6 x 2 x 2 ft.; Base: approx. 8 x 8 x 5 ft. Inscription:  (Front of base, incised:) DAVID B. HENDERSON/SPEAKER OF/THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES/OF THE UNITED STATES, 1899-1903./LIEUTENANT OF COMPANY C. TWELFTH/REGIMENT IOWA INFANTRY/VOLUNTEERS 1861./COLONEL OF THE FORTY-SIXTH/REGIMENT IOWA INFANTRY/VOLUNTEERS 1864./MEMBER OF CONGRESS OF THE/UNITED STATES FROM THE THIRD/DISTRICT OF IOWA, 1883-1903. Description:  David B. Henderson, Congressman and Speaker of the House of Representatives, stands wearing a knee-length coat and trousers, with a gavel in his raised proper right hand and a crutch supporting his proper left arm. He has short hair and a moustache. The figure is mounted upon an inscribed, multitiered, stepped base. Subject:  Portrait male -- Henderson, David B. -- Full length Occupation -- Political -- Speaker of the House Occupation -- Political -- Congressman Occupation -- Military -- Colonel Dress -- Accessory -- Cane Object -- Other -- Gavel State of Being -- Disabled -- Physical Disability Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Iowa -- Clermont Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Clermont, 505 Larrabee, Clermont, Iowa 52135 Located Highway 18 & Thompson Street, Clermont, Iowa Remarks:  A half-size copy of this statue was cast for Henderson's widow. References:  National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, IA5028, 1989. Save Outdoor Sculpture, Iowa survey, 1996. Monumental News, April and July, 1903. Illustration:  Image on file. Monumental News, July 1903, pg. 419. 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 IA000208   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture IA000208 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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