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Ayache, Emile,
Portrait male -- McHose, Samuel
Occupation -- Political
Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Allentown
Sculpture
Mayor Samuel McHose, (sculpture).
Artist:
Ayache, Emile, 1944- , sculptor.
Title:
Mayor Samuel McHose, (sculpture).
Dates:
1987.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Bust: Carrara marble; Pedestal: marble and brick.
Dimensions:
Bust: approx. 4 x 3 x 3 ft.; Pedestal: approx. 7 x 5 x 5 ft.
Inscription:
(On front of upper pedestal:) TO THE MEMORY OF/SAMUEL MCHOSE/FIRST MAYOR OF ALLENTOWN 1867-1869/CAPTAIN OF INDUSTRY/PUBLIC SPIRITED CITIZEN/AND A BELOVED FATHER/REVERENTLY ERECTED 1926/BY HIS SONS HIRAM AND LUCIUS
(On plaque on front of lower pedestal:) HONORABLE MAYOR SAMUEL MCHOSE/1867-1869/STATUE REDEDICATED MAY 22, 1987/EMILE AYACHE, SCULPTOR/CITY OF ALLENTOWN/JOSEPH S. DADDONA, MAYOR/DONALD M. BERNHARD, C. D. DIRECTOR/CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS/WATSON W. SKINNER, PRESIDENT/FRANK J. PALENCAR, VICE-PRESIDENT/JOHN E. HARRY BARBARA C. IRVINE/BENJAMIN F. HOWELLS, JR. EMMA D. TROPHANO/MARK C. VAN HORN/TREXLER ESTATE TRUSTEES/CARL J. W. HESSINGER, CHAIRMAN/RICHARD K. WHITE KATHRYN STEPANOFF/DEXTER F. BAKER PHILIP I. BERMAN/ARTS COMMISSION/JEFFREY MATZKIN, CHAIRMAN/MARSHALL ACKERMAN MARIANNE LEN/CATHERINE EWELL JAMES MUSSELMAN/JEFFREY GORDON CHARLES RICHTER/ADELINE HASSEL SUSAN LUTY/TODD LARNER BARBARA WEINSTEIN/ RAY HOLLAND EX-OFFICIO/BOB PEARCE, EX OFFICIO unsigned
Description:
A white marble bust of Samuel McHose, the first mayor of Allentown. McHose wears a full beard and is dressed in a jacket, waistcoat and string tie. The bust is mounted on a mottled brown marble upper pedestal with a wreath carved in relief below an inscription. This is set upon a lower pedestal composed of mottled brown marble and brick with a projection at the front containing a plaque. The sculpture is set upon a two-stepped circular base.
Subject:
Portrait male -- McHose, Samuel -- Bust
Occupation -- Political -- Mayor
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Allentown
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of Allentown, 435 Hamilton Boulevard, Allentown, Pennsylvania 18101
Located Buck Boyle Park, Front & Gordon Streets, Allentown, Pennsylvania
Remarks:
The marble bust replaces a bronze bust of Mayor Samuel McHose executed by George Thomas Brewster around 1926 and stolen in the 1970s (see IAS record PA001300). McHose was the first mayor of Allentown and served from 1867 to 1869. The new bust is mounted on the original pedestal. IAS files contain related excerpts from Myra Yellin Goldfarb's "Stepping Stones into the Past: Allentown's Outdoor Public Sculpture, 1900-1988," City of Allentown; and "Sculpture in the Park: From the Collection of Muriel and Philip Berman." IAS files contain article from The Morning Call (Allentown, PA), May 11, 1985.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania survey, 1995.
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 PA001314
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Inventory of American Sculpture
PA001314
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