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    		• Rinehart, William Henry,
     
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    		• Andrews, R. Snowden,
     
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    		• Royal Foundry,
     
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    		• Andrews, Ordway and Green,
     
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    		• Hugh Sisson and Company,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Taney, Roger Brooke
     
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    		• Occupation -- Law
     
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    		• Occupation -- Political
     
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    		• Object -- Written Matter
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Roger Brooke Taney, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Rinehart, William Henry, 1825-1874, sculptor.
    Andrews, R. Snowden, fabricator.
    Royal Foundry, founder.
    Andrews, Ordway and Green, fabricator.
    Hugh Sisson and Company, contractor.
    Title: 
    Roger Brooke Taney, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Chief Justice Taney, (sculpture).
    Chief Justice Roger Brooke Taney, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Commissioned 1869. 1871. Cast 1872. Dedicated Dec. 10, 1872. Removed Aug. 18, 2017.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 7 ft. 10 in. x 3 ft. 8 1/4 in. x 5 ft. 3 in.; Base: approx. 5 ft. 6 in. x 5 ft. x 6 ft. 8 in.
    Inscription: 
    (On bronze base of sculpture, south side:) H. RINEHART inv. et mod./ROME 1871 (On bronze base of sculpture, north side:) FERD. V. MILLER fudit MUCHEN 1872 (On front of base:) ROGER BROOKE TANEY,/CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE UNITED STATES/OF AMERICA/BORN MARCH 17, 1777/COMMISSIONED MARCH 15, 1836./DIED OCTOBER 12, 1864. (On south side of base:) ATTORNEY GENERAL OF UNITED STATES, 1831 (On north side of base:) ATTORNEY GENERAL OF MARYLAND, 1827 signed Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    A seated portrait of Chief Justice Taney dressed in his judicial robes, his proper left hand resting on a book titled "THE CONSTITUTION" and his proper right hand holding a scroll in his lap. The sculpture is installed on a square granite base.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Taney, Roger Brooke -- Full length
    Occupation -- Law -- Chief Justice
    Occupation -- Political
    Object -- Written Matter -- Constitution
    Object Type: 
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by State of Maryland, Maryland State Archives, Maryland Commission on Artistic Property, 350 Rowe Boulevard, Annapolis, Maryland 21401
    Provenance: 
    Formerly located Maryland State House, State Circle, Annapolis, Maryland 1872-Aug. 18, 2017.
    Remarks: 
    Roger Brooke Taney was born and grew up in Calvert County, Maryland. In 1799 he was admitted to the bar and went on to practice law in Frederick, Maryland for more than 22 year. In 1816, he entered the Maryland Senate in which he served until 1818. In 1823, he moved to Baltimore where he was appointed Attorney General of Maryland in 1827. President Andrew Jackson appointed him U.S. Attorney General in 1831, and in 1833 he was appointed Secretary of the Treasury. In 1835, Taney was appointed to take John Marshall's place as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. He served for 28 years, and is most remembered for his unpopular Dred Scott decision of March 1857. In 1867, three years after his death, the Maryland General Assembly appropriated $5,000 for a memorial to Roger Brooke Taney, and in 1870, an additional $10,000 was appropriated. The granite for the base is from the Westham, Virginia quarries of Andrews, Ordway and Green, and the base was prepared under the direction of R. Snowden Andrews. The sculpture was installed by Hugh Sisson and Company of Baltimore. IAS files contain a newspaper article from The Sun (Baltimore, MD), Dec. 11, 1872; an excerpt 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; and an excerpt from "History Notes" Quarterly News Bulletin of the Ann Arrundell County Historical Society (Oct. 1980).
    References: 
    Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Maryland survey, 1994.
    SOS Assessment Award, 1998.
    Inventory staff, 2000.
    Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD), Aug. 18, 2017.
    Washington Post (Washington, DC), Aug. 18, 2017.
    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 76007659
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