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Stephen Mather Plaque, (sculpture). Artist:  Baker, Bryant, 1881-1970, sculptor. Title:  Stephen Mather Plaque, (sculpture). Dates:  ca. 1930. Installed spring 1964. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: stone. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. H. 22 in. x W. 30 in.; Base: approx. H. 4 ft. Inscription:  (On lower right:) BAKER 1930 (On front of plaque, at top, in raised letters:) STEPHEN TYNG MATHER/JULY 4, 1867 JAN 22, 1930 (Below figure, in raised letters:) HE LAID THE FOUNDATION OF THE NATIONAL/PARK SERVICE,DEFINING AND ESTABLISHING THE POLICIES/UNDER WHICH ITS AREAS SHALL BE DEVELOPED AND/CONSERVED UNIMPAIRED FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS./THERE WILL NEVER COME AN END TO THE GOOD THAT/HE HAS DONE. signed Description:  Relief plaque with profile bust of Stephen Tyng Mather. The figure wears a suit jacket and tie. Opposite the figure is a wooded scene with trees in the foreground and mountains in the background. The plaque in installed on a natural boulder. Subject:  Portrait male -- Mather, Stephen Tyng -- Bust Occupation -- Science -- Conservationist Occupation -- Other -- Civil Servant Landscape -- Mountain Landscape -- Forest Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- New Mexico -- White's City Relief Sculpture Owner:  Administered by United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Washington, District of Columbia Located Carlsbad Caverns National Park, Amphitheater entrance, White's City, New Mexico 88268 References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Mexico survey, 1995. 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 NM000599   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture NM000599 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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