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    		• Kraus, Robert,
     
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    		• Henry-Bonnard Bronze Company,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Parker, Theodore
     
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    		• Occupation -- Religion
     
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    		• Occupation -- Education
     
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    		• Occupation -- Writer
     
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    		• Occupation -- Other
     
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    		• Object -- Written Matter
     
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    		• Figure group -- Family
     
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    		• Allegory -- Life
     
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    		• Dress -- Costume
     
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    		• Object -- Furniture
     
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    		• Allegory -- Quality
     
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    		• Allegory -- Quality
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Boston
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Theodore Parker, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Kraus, Robert, 1850-1901, sculptor.
    Henry-Bonnard Bronze Company, founder.
    Title: 
    Theodore Parker, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1887. Cast 1890. Installed 1902. Relocated 1920s.
    Digital Reference: 
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    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite; Base relief plaques: bronze.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 6 x 4 x 3 1/2 ft.; Base: approx. 9 ft. x 9 ft. 4 in. x 8 ft. 10 in.; Base relief plaques: approx. 39 x 30 x 4 in.
    Inscription: 
    (Sculpture, rear of bronze base, proper left side of figure: artist's signature) (Sculpture, rear of bronze base, proper right side of figure: foundry mark) (Base, front:) THEODORE PARKER (Base, relief on left side:) LOVE GOD/LOVE MAN (Base, relief on right side:) AWAKENING (Base, relief on back:) TRUTH UNMASKING ERROR signed Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    A seated portrait of Theodore Parker rests atop a tall granite base adorned with three allegorical bronze relief plaques. Parker is seated on a low rock with his proper right knee raised. With his proper left hand he props his Bible up against his raised proper right knee. His proper right hand rests against his proper left wrist. He is dressed in a suit and tie, and is depicted with a balding head and long side burns.
    On the left side of the base, the relief entitled "Love God, Love Man" depicts a seated, semi-nude female figure nursing an infant that she cradles in her proper right arm. With her proper left hand she caresses a nude child who reaches out to her. On the right side of the base, the relief entitled "Awakening" depicts a loosely-draped, seated female figure lifting her face toward heaven while removing the drapery that covers her head. Two nude sleeping children sit at her feet and lean against her knees. On the back of the base, the relief entitled "Truth Unmasking Error" depicts a loosely-draped female figure portraying Truth standing on top of a reclining nude male figure portraying Error. The female figure directs a mirror held in her proper right hand toward the male figure's face and she removes his mask with her proper left hand.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Parker, Theodore -- Full length
    Occupation -- Religion -- Preacher
    Occupation -- Education -- Orator
    Occupation -- Writer
    Occupation -- Other -- Reformer
    Object -- Written Matter -- Bible
    Figure group -- Family -- Mother & Child
    Allegory -- Life -- Birth
    Dress -- Costume -- Mask
    Object -- Furniture -- Mirror
    Allegory -- Quality -- Vice
    Allegory -- Quality -- Truth
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Boston
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Theodore Parker Unitarian Church, Centre & Corey Streets, Boston, Massachusetts
    Remarks: 
    Theodore Parker (1810-1860) was a local preacher, writer, orator, and reformer who actively supported emancipation and participated in the Underground Railroad. The sculpture was commissioned by the Boston Art Commission and was funded by public subscription. Originally intended to be installed on the Boston Common, the sculpture was never displayed there, but rather was stored until 1902, when the congregation of the Theodore Parker Universalist Church requested that it be installed on the church grounds. In the 1920s, the sculpture was shifted slightly when Centre Street was widened. The Sept. 1996 SOS! survey notes that the Church received a grant from the Henderson Foundation to clean and coat both the sculpture and base, and that the work was to begin in fall 1996. IAS files contain an article from The Christian Register (Jan. 7, 1982), pg. 10.
    References: 
    Carlock, Marty, "A Guide to Public Art in Greater Boston," Boston: Harvard Common Press, 1988, pg. 78.
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1996.
    National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, MA0087, 1989.
    Monumental News, Aug. 1891, pg. 299.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Carlock, Marty, "A Guide to Public Art in Greater Boston," Boston: Harvard Common Press, 1988, 78.
    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 87740111
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