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Rinehart, William Henry,
Royal Foundry,
Portrait male -- Taney, Roger Brooke
Occupation -- Law
Occupation -- Political
Object -- Written Matter
Copy
Sculpture
Roger
B.
Taney
, (sculpture).
Artist:
Rinehart, William Henry, 1825-1874, sculptor.
Royal Foundry, founder.
Title:
Roger
B.
Taney
, (sculpture).
Dates:
Original 1871. Recast 1887. Removed Aug. 15, 2017.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 86 x 47 x 62 in.; Base: approx. 76 x 61 x 80 in.
Inscription:
(On rear proper left side of sculpture:) inv et(?) mod. W. H. Rinehart Rom (On rear proper right side of sculpture:) FERD. VON MILLER (...inscription illegible) MUNCHEN 188(?) (On book in figure's proper left hand:) THE/CONSTITUTION (On plaque on front of granite base:)
ROGER
B.
TANEY
OF MARYLAND/CHIEF JUSTICE signed Founder's mark appears.
Description:
A seated
portrait
of
Roger
B.
Taney
dressed in his judicial robes, his proper right hand holding a scroll and his proper left hand resting on a large volume labeled "The Constitution." The sculpture rests on a square base.
Subject:
Portrait
male
--
Taney
,
Roger
Brooke
--
Full
length
Occupation
--
Law
--
Chief Justice
Occupation
--
Political
Object
--
Written Matter
--
Constitution
Object Type:
Copy
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of Baltimore, Recreation and Parks, 2600 Madison Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland 21217
Provenance:
Formerly located Mt. Vernon Place, North Garden, Baltimore, Maryland 21201 Aug. 15, 2017.
Remarks:
Roger
Brooke
Taney
was appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court in 1836, a position he held for nearly three decades. The most famous opinion he wrote was the Dred Scott Decision in 1854. Prior to being appointed to the Supreme Court, he served as Attorney General of Maryland, U.S. Attorney General, and Secretary of the Treasury under President Andrew Jackson.
The sculpture is a recast of Rinehart's 1871
portrait
of
Taney
installed in front of the State House in Annapolis, Maryland. In 1887, Mr. W. T. Walters had this replica made as a gift to the City of Baltimore for Mt. Vernon Place.
IAS files contain excerpts from William Sener Rusk's "Art in Baltimore: Monuments and Memorials," Baltimore: Norman, Remington, 1929, pg. 92-93; and John Dorsey's "Mount Vernon Place," Baltimore: Maclay & Associates, Inc., 1983, pg. 30. For additional information see Kathleen Kotarba's report "The Baltimore Bronze Project" Baltimore: Baltimore City Commission for Historical and Architectural Preservation, July 1989; Henry and Caroline Naylor's "Public Monuments & Sculpture of Baltimore: An Introduction to the Collection, 1987, pg. 8, 50; and Wilbur Harvey Hunter, "The Monumental City, The Rinehart School of Sculpture 75th Anniversary Catalogue 1896-1971," pg. 41.
References:
Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985
The Peale Museum.
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Maryland, Baltimore survey, 1993.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Dorsey, John, "Mount Vernon Place," Baltimore: Maclay & Associates, Inc., 1983, pg. 30.
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 75006033
Copy/Holding information
Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum
Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
75006033
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