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(Thomas Wilson Talbot Memorial), (sculpture). Artist:  Bridges, Georges, 1899-1976, sculptor. Title:  (Thomas Wilson Talbot Memorial), (sculpture). Dates:  1948. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Bust: bronze; Base: pink stone and bronze. Dimensions:  Bust: approx. 26 x 20 x 12 in.; Base: approx. 72 x 68 x 33 in. Inscription:  (On back proper left of bust:) Georges Bridges/1948 (On front bottom of bust, raised:) TALBOT (On bronze plaque on front of base, raised:) ERECTED BY THE MEMBERSHIP OF/THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION/OF MACHINISTS, MAY 5, 1948, TO/THE MEMORY OF ITS FOUNDER,/THOMAS WILSON TALBOT/1849-1892/THROUGH WHOSE EFFORTS CAME LIGHT/OUT OF DARKNESS AND HOPE OUT OF/DESPAIR, AND THAT GENERATIONS TO/COME MIGHT EXTOL HIS GREATNESS,/THIS MONUMENT IS SOLEMNLY/DEDICATED TO FREE MEN EVERYWHERE/WHO TOIL FOR A LIVELIHOOD. signed Description:  A bearded and mustached bust of Thomas Wilson Talbot wearing an ascot, a vest, and a coat. The bust sits atop a multitiered base that is decorated on the front with a bronze machinists' insignia and flanked on the sides with gearlike stone structures. Subject:  Portrait male -- Talbot, Thomas Wilson -- Bust Occupation -- Industry -- Machinist Emblem Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Georgia -- Atlanta Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Atlanta, Department of Parks, Recreation, & Cultural Affairs, Bureau of Cultural Affairs, 675 Ponce de Leon Avenue, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30308 Located Grant Park, In front of Cyclorama, Atlanta, Georgia Remarks:  Thomas Wilson Talbot, 1849-1892, founded the International Association of Machinists. The bust was erected by the membership of the Association of Machinists in memory of its founder. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Georgia, Atlanta 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 GA000102   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture GA000102 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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