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    		• Waugh, Sidney,
     
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    		• Murphy, Richard,
     
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    		• Fenhagen, G. C.,
     
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    		• Stony Creek Memorial Corporation,
     
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    		• Buckler, Fenhagen, Meyer & Ayers,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Gilman, Daniel Coit
     
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    		• Occupation -- Education
     
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    		• Dress -- Ceremonial
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Maryland -- Baltimore
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Daniel Coit Gilman, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Waugh, Sidney, 1904-1963, sculptor.
    Murphy, Richard, sculptor.
    Fenhagen, G. C., architect.
    Stony Creek Memorial Corporation, fabricator.
    Buckler, Fenhagen, Meyer & Ayers, architectural firm.
    Title: 
    Daniel Coit Gilman, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1956. Installed Jan. 25, 1957.
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: red granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 9 ft. x 45 in. x 30 in.; Base: approx. 70 x 30 x 30 in.
    Inscription: 
    (On base:) Daniel Coit/Gilman/1831-1908/First/President/ 1875-1901
    Description: 
    Daniel Coit Gilman is shown standing in his academic robes. In his hands he holds a large book. He is looking slightly downward in a pensive pose. Much in evidence are his long sideburns.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Gilman, Daniel Coit -- Full length
    Occupation -- Education
    Dress -- Ceremonial -- Academic Dress
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Maryland -- Baltimore
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Johns Hopkins University, University Collections, 33rd Street & North Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21218
    Located Johns Hopkins University, Shriver Hall, Baltimore, Maryland 21218
    Remarks: 
    This piece was a gift from the estate of Alfred Jenkins Shriver. Daniel Coit Gilman was the first president of Johns Hopkins University. IAS files contain related articles from The Evening Sun (Baltimore, MD), Jan. 25, 1957; Johns Hopkins University Newsletter, Oct. 22, 1954 & Feb. 15, 1957. Johns Hopkins University Archives, "Shriver Hall Files" contain additional information on this sculpture. Richard Murphy of Stony Creek Memorial Corporation in Guilford, Connecticut constructed the base for this sculpture.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Maryland, Baltimore survey, 1993.
    Harrington, Brian, "A Brief History of the Homewood Campus: Its Buildings, Monuments & Sculpture," 1991.
    The Evening Sun (Baltimore, MD), Jan. 25, 1957, pg. 56.
    SOS Assessment Award, 1998.
    Inventory staff, 2000.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    The Sun (Baltimore, MD), June 15, 1958.
    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 MD000015
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