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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Mellor, Babs,     Jones, Margaret,     Foster, David,     Hoetmer, Larry,     Oxbow Foundry,     Portrait male -- Newman, John Henry     Occupation -- Religion     Ethnic -- British     Dress -- Ecclesiastical     Object -- Written Matter     Emblem -- Cross     Outdoor Sculpture -- Kansas -- Wichita     Sculpture

Cardinal Newman, (sculpture). Artist:  Mellor, Babs, sculptor. Jones, Margaret, landscape architect. Foster, David, landscape architect. Hoetmer, Larry, landscape architect. Oxbow Foundry, founder. Title:  Cardinal Newman, (sculpture). Dates:  1991. Cast 1992. Dedicated Oct. 24, 1992. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Statue: bronze, and cemented steel plate; Garden: Winfield limestone. Dimensions:  Statue: approx. H. 6 ft. 4 in.; Garden: approx. W. 13 ft. x D. 17 ft. Inscription:  (Lower back, right side:) (artist's mark)/91 signed Description:  John Henry Cardinal Newman, the English Cardinal for whom Kansas Newman College was named, stands in eccelesiastical dress. He wears a small cap, or zucchetto, and an Anglican collar. He has a short cape, or mozzetta, over his cassock with twenty-six buttons. At the waist is a sash with a fringe that comes almost to the bottom of his robe. He has a long, open cape over his garments. Cardinal Newman wears an ornate Pectoral Cross, which was given to him when he was made Cardinal in 1879. His proper right hand is in a motioning gesture, and his proper left hand holds the Book of Knowledge. The figure is placed on the highest part of a planted rock garden which contains a small waterfall and is surrounded by a cement walk. Subject:  Portrait male -- Newman, John Henry -- Full length Occupation -- Religion -- Cardinal Ethnic -- British Dress -- Ecclesiastical Object -- Written Matter -- Book Emblem -- Cross Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Kansas -- Wichita Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Kansas Newman College, 3100 McCormick, Wichita, Kansas 67213 Located Kansas Newman College, In front of Sacred Heart Hall, the Administration Building, Wichita, Kansas Remarks:  Statue and garden were funded by the Sisters Adores of the Blood of Christ. Babs Mellor sculpted the figure, and Margaret Jones, David Foster, and Larry Hoetmer served as the landscape architects. IAS files contain transcription of nearby plaque. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Kansas, Wichita survey, 1994. Polk, Chris Paulsen, "Beautifying Wichita Through Sculpture," Wichita, KS: Project Beauty, Inc., 2007, pg. 8. Illustration:  Image on file. Polk, Chris Paulsen, "Beautifying Wichita Through Sculpture," Wichita, KS: Project Beauty, Inc., 2007, pg. 8. 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 KS000394   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture KS000394 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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