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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Waugh, Sidney,     Murphy, Richard,     Fenhagen, G. Corner, Jr.,     Stony Creek Memorial Corporation,     Buckler, Fenhagen, Meyer & Ayers,     Portrait male -- Welch, William Henry     Occupation -- Education     Occupation -- Medicine     Dress -- Ceremonial     Outdoor Sculpture -- Maryland -- Baltimore     Sculpture

William H. Welch, (sculpture). Artist:  Waugh, Sidney, 1904-1963, sculptor. Murphy, Richard, sculptor. Fenhagen, G. Corner, Jr., 1912- , architect. Stony Creek Memorial Corporation, fabricator. Buckler, Fenhagen, Meyer & Ayers, architectural firm. Title:  William H. Welch, (sculpture). Dates:  1956. Installed Jan. 25, 1957. Medium:  Sculpture: bronze ; Base: red granite. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 9 ft. x 58 in. x 28 in.; Base: approx. 70 x 30 x 30 in. Inscription:  (On base:) William Henry/Welch/1850-1934/The/Medical/ Institutions/1884-1934 Description:  William Welch is shown standing in billowing academic robe with a hood, his proper right hand raised, finger extended. Subject:  Portrait male -- Welch, William Henry -- Full length Occupation -- Education -- Teacher Occupation -- Medicine -- Doctor 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. William Welch was the first chief of pathology at Johns Hopkins Medical School, as well as the first dean of the School of Public Health. 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. Naylor, Henry and Caroline, "Public Monuments & Sculpture of Baltimore: An Introduction to the Collection," 1987, pg. 29. 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 MD000017   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture MD000017 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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