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    		• Bedi-Rassy Art Foundry,
     
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    		• Religion -- Saint
     
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    		• Ethnic -- Scottish
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- New York
     
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    		• Relief
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Saint Andrew's Society Monument, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Bedi-Rassy Art Foundry, founder.
    Title: 
    Saint Andrew's Society Monument, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1891.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: probably bronze; Base: granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 97 x 80 1/8 x 36 1/16 in.; Base: approx. 26 1/4 x 156 1/4 x 96 1/8 in.
    Inscription: 
    Bedi Rassey (sic) Art Foundry NYC (On plinth, raised letters:) FAIRE SANS DIRE (On base, bottom front:) SAINT ANDREW'S SOCIETY (Incised on rear of monument:) SACRED/TO THE MEMORY/OF NATIVES OF SCOTLAND/WHO HAVING SOUGHT A HOME/IN THIS LAND, DIED WHILE YET/STRANGERS IN IT. THEY ARE/LOVINGLY REMEMBERED IN DEATH/BY THEIR FELLOW COUNTRYMEN,/THROUGH WHOSE KINDNESS THEY/HAVE HERE FOUND A PLACE OF/SEPULCHER unsigned Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    Full-length figure of St. Andrew in relief is affixed to an upright marker. The figure has a beard and wears a toga-like garment with sandals. There is a cross behind him and he holds a book in his proper left hand. A pair of pillars flank the figure. Each bears a relief of St. Andrew's Cross. There are reliefs of Scottish thistle on the sides of the monument. The whole work stands on a tiered base.
    Subject: 
    Religion -- Saint -- St. Andrew
    Ethnic -- Scottish
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- New York
    Relief
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Restricted Owner, Albany County, New York
    Remarks: 
    Commissioned by Thomas McCredie, a native of Glasgow, in memory of Scottish immigrants who died in America.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York survey, 1994.
    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 NY001848
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