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Melaragno, Biacio,
Gorham Manufacturing Company,
Portrait male -- Sims, James Marion
Occupation -- Medicine
Outdoor Sculpture -- Alabama -- Montgomery
Sculpture
James
Marion
Sims
- Father of Modern Gynecology, (sculpture).
Artist:
Melaragno, Biacio, sculptor.
Gorham Manufacturing Company, founder.
Title:
James
Marion
Sims
- Father of Modern Gynecology, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
James
Marion
Sims
(1813-1888), (sculpture).
Dates:
Installed 1939.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Figure: gilded bronze; Base: cast concrete painted white.
Dimensions:
Figure: approx. 92 x 25 x 30 in.; Base: approx. 70 x 58 x 64 in.
Inscription:
(Incised:) Sc. Biagio Melaragno (Proper left side of plinth:) Gorham Co. Founders (Right side of base:) by: Biacio Melaragno (On bronze plaque on front of base:)
JAMES
MARION
SIMS
/1813 - 1888/FATHER OF MODERN/GYNECOLOGY/MONTGOMERY.1848-1849. OPERATIONS/HE.DEVISED.CURED.A.THEN.CONSIDERED/HOPELESS.MALADY-GAINING. HIM.FAME/AS.A.BENEFACTOR.OF.WOMEN./FOUNDED-WOMEN'S.HOSPITAL-CITY/OF.NEW.YORK-1855. DECORATED.BY/EMPEROR.OF.FRANCE-KINGS.OF/BELGIUM, SPAIN, PORTUGAL.AND.ITALY./ERECTED BY/THE.MEDICAL.ASSOCIATION.OF/THE.STATE.OF.ALABAMA.1939. signed Founder's mark appears.
Description:
Standing
male
figure leaning on a cane. He wears overcoat; six-button, double-breasted, frock coat; bow tie; and trousers. His proper right hand holds the top of his cane. His proper left arm is bent so that his proper left hand holds the lapel of his coat. His proper right foot is forward.
Subject:
Portrait
male
--
Sims
,
James
Marion
--
Full
length
Occupation
--
Medicine
--
Doctor
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture
--
Alabama
--
Montgomery
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by State of Alabama, Alabama Historical Commission, Department of Finance, 468 South Perry Street, Montgomery, Alabama 36130
Located Alabama State Capitol, Front of capitol building, Montgomery, Alabama
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Alabama survey, 1993.
Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.
State of Alabama, Dept. of Archives & History, 1976.
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 75000117
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Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
75000117
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