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    		• Angel, John,
     
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    		• Watkin, William Ward,
     
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    		• Cram and Ferguson,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Rice, William March
     
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    		• Occupation -- Education
     
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    		• Emblem -- Seal
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Houston
     
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    		• Relief
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Founders Memorial, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Angel, John, 1881-1960, sculptor.
    Watkin, William Ward, architect.
    Cram and Ferguson, architectural firm.
    Title: 
    Founders Memorial, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated June 8, 1930.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: Texas granite.
    Inscription: 
    (On front of base below seal, inscribed:) WILLIAM MARSH RICE/1816-1900/SALVE AETERNUM/AETERNUMQU SALVE (On left side of base below seal:) IMPERIUM IN IMPERIO (On right side of base below seal:) ENSE PETIT PLACIDAM,/SUB LIBERTATE QUIETEM (On back of base above seal:) E PLURIBUS UNUM unsigned
    Description: 
    Heroic portrait of William Marsh Rice. He is seated in a chair. He holds a scroll in his proper left hand with his proper left arm hanging straight down. He holds a large book in his proper right hand; his proper right arm rests on the arm of the chair. He wears a heavy cloak. On the back of the chair is the Crest of the University. The bronze sculpture stands on a granite base. On the front of the base is a bas-relief shield of the university; on the right side is a bas-relief Shield of the State of Massachusetts; and on the left side is a bas-relief Shield of the State of Texas. On the back of the base is a bas-relief Seal of the United States.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Rice, William March -- Full length
    Occupation -- Education -- University Founder
    Emblem -- Seal
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Houston
    Relief
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Rice University, Administrative Office, 6100 Main, Houston, Texas 77005
    Located Rice University, Central Quadrangle in front of Fondren Library, Houston, Texas
    Remarks: 
    IAS files contain English translations of the state and federal mottos found on base. Rice, the founder of Rice University, was born in Massachusetts. The motto below the seal of the State of Texas is from the State of Ohio.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Texas 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 TX000827
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