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    		• Sievers, Frederick William,
     
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    		• Gorham Manufacturing Company,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Asbury, Francis
     
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    		• Occupation -- Religion
     
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    		• Equestrian
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Virginia -- Richmond
     
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    		• Relief
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Francis Asbury, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Sievers, Frederick William, 1872-1966, sculptor.
    Gorham Manufacturing Company, founder.
    Title: 
    Francis Asbury, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1921. Dedicated Oct. 27, 1921.
    Digital Reference: 
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    Dimensions: 
    Approx. 4 ft. x 2 ft. 4 in. x 6 in.
    Inscription: 
    (On lower right corner:) F. Wm Sievers (On lower left corner:) GORHAM CO. FOUNDERS (On front of plaque:) TO THE GLORY OF GOD/AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF/FRANCIS ASBURY,/BISHOP OF THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH/IN AMERICA./AN APOSTLE WHOSE ONLY HOME WAS HIS SADDLE,/HIS PARISH THE CONTINENT./WITH FERVENT LOVE FOR HIS LORD AND A ZEAL THAT NEVER FLAGGED/THIS LIFELONG MISSIONARY SOUGHT THE PEOPLE/IN THE VAN OF THE ADVANCING PIONEERS,/MADE STRONG THE MORAL FOUNDATIONS OF THE COMMONWEALTH AND/BUILT UP THE KINGDOM OF GOD./CARRIED FROM HIS BED, FRAIL AND SPENT,/TO THE METHODIST CHURCH WHICH STOOD ON THIS SPOT/HE PREACHED, MARCH 24, 1816, HIS LAST SERMON./HAPPY WITH MY LATEST BREATH/I MAY BUT GASP HIS NAME;/PREACH HIM TO ALL AND CRY IN DEATH,/"BEHOLD, BEHOLD THE LAMB!" signed Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    A rectangular bronze relief plaque bearing a portrait of Methodist Bishop Francis Asbury on horseback.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Asbury, Francis -- Full length
    Occupation -- Religion -- Clergy
    Equestrian
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Virginia -- Richmond
    Relief
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Located 1900 East Franklin Street, Old Grant Tobacco building, Richmond, Virginia
    Remarks: 
    Francis Asbury was a pioneering bishop in Richmond. The plaque is installed on the wall of what was once the site of the Methodist Episopal Church, where Asbury preached his last sermon.
    The inscription on a small plaque mounted below the relief reads: Dedicated by the Methodists of Richmond, Virginia Oct 27, 1921 The One Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of His Landing in America. IAS files contain a newspaper article from the Richmond News-Leader, Oct. 27, 1921.
    References: 
    Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Virginia survey, 1995.
    Commonwealth of Virginia, Virginia Landmarks Commission, 1974.
    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 75008432
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