The James L. Ridgely Monument, (sculpture).

The James L. Ridgely Monument, (sculpture).

Dogle, sculptor.

Henry-Bonnard Bronze Company, founder.

Muldoon Monument Company, fabricator.

The James L. Ridgely Monument, (sculpture).

Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite and bronze.

Sculpture: approx. 8 ft. x 40 in. x 32 in.; Base: approx. 27 x 18 1/2 x 18 1/2 ft.

(Under proper right foot:) Dogle Sc (Under proper left heel:) HENRY BONNARD BRONZE/NEW YORK (On scroll:) ODD/FELLOWSHIP/"ESTO/PERPETUO." (On front of base:) R/IOOF/FRIENDSHIP . LOVE . TRUTH/JAMES L. RIDGELY/BORN JANUARY 27, 1807/DIED NOVEMBER 16, 1881/FLT (On north side of base:) A PATRIOT/A LEGISLATOR FOR HIS CITY AND STATE/A PATRON OF EDUCATION/AND REPRESENTATIVE AMERICAN CITIZEN (On south side of base:) INITIATED IN LODGE NO. 33 BALTIMORE, MAY 27, 1829/INITIATED IN JERUSALEM ENCAMPMENT NO. 1, BALTIMORE ARCHS 1830/GRAND SECRETARY OF GRAND LODGE OF MARYLAND, JAN. 20, 1830/GRAND MASTER OF GRAND LODGE OF MARYLAND, JANUARY 20, 1934/GRAND SECRETARY OF GRAND LODGE OF THE UNITED STATES, APRIL 24, 1840/HALF A CENTURY CONTAINS THE RECORD OF/HIS LABORS FOR THE HUMAN RACE (On west side of base:) NOR MARBLE NOR BRASS SO ENDURING A MONUMENT AS THE MEMORY OF HIS/NAME AND HIS DEEDS./GRATEFUL TO HIS CREATOR/FAITHFUL TO HIS COUNTRY/FRATURNAL (sic) TO HIS FELLOW MAN./SUCH A LIFE ELEVATES AND EXALTS HUMAN NATURE. signed Founder's mark appears.

James L. Ridgley stands wearing a buttoned knee-length formal coat. He holds a scroll in his proper right hand which has opened downward. His proper left hand is on his waist with his elbow held outward. His proper right arm is resting on a cluster of three low columns. His proper right foot is placed forward, slightly over the edge of the plinth. The sculpture is mounted on a tiered, decorated base. The base's central section consists of a short column on each of its four sides, supporting relief arches. Below each arch is a circular bronze relief plaque. The lower part of the base is tiered.

Portrait male -- Ridgley, James L. -- Full length

Occupation -- Political -- Legislator

Outdoor Sculpture -- Maryland -- Baltimore

Administered by City of Baltimore, Recreation and Parks, 2600 Madison Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland 21217

Located Harlem Park, Baltimore, Maryland

The sculpture commemorates James L. Ridgely (1807-1881), city and state legislator and distinguished member of the Order of Odd Fellows in Baltimore. The firm of Muldoon built the base.

For further information see Henry and Caroline Naylor's "Public Monuments & Sculpture of Baltimore: An Introduction to the Collection," 1987; William Sener Rusk's "Art in Baltimore: Monuments and Memorials," Baltimore, 1929, pg. 83; and Kathleen Kotarba's "The Baltimore Bronze Project," Baltimore City Commission for Historical and Architectural Preservation, July 1989. IAS files contain related excerpts from the pamphlet "Half-Century's Progress of the City of Baltimore," New York: International Publishing Company, 1887; and a "Guide to Baltimore," 1926, pg. 33.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Maryland, Baltimore survey, 1993.

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