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    		• Potter, Edward Clark,
     
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    		• Hills, C. W.,
     
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    		• Donaldson and Meier,
     
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    		• Bureau Brothers,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Blair, Austin
     
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    		• Occupation -- Law
     
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    		• Occupation -- Political
     
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    		• Dress -- Historic
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Michigan -- Lansing
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Austin Blair, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Potter, Edward Clark, 1857-1923, sculptor.
    Hills, C. W., contractor.
    Donaldson and Meier, architectural firm.
    Bureau Brothers, founder.
    Title: 
    Austin Blair, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Commissioned Dec. 1895. Modeled 1897. Cast Jan. 1898. Dedicated October 12, 1898.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: Milford granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 8 ft. 11 in. x 4 ft. 9 in. x 4 ft. 9 in.; Base: approx. 8 ft. 8 1/2 in. x 6 ft. 4 in. x 6 ft. 4 in.
    Inscription: 
    (On proper left side of figure's bronze base:) E.C. Potter / SCULPTOR 1897 (On proper right side of figure's bronze base:) BUREAU BROTHS/BRONZE FOUNDERS signed Founder's mark appears.
    (On front of granite base:) AUSTIN BLAIR/WAR GOVERNOR OF MICHIGAN./1861, 1862, 1863, 1864./HE GAVE THE BEST YEARS OF HIS LIFE TO/MICHIGAN, AND HIS FAME IS INSEPARABLY/LINKED WITH THE GLORIOUS ACHIEVEMENTS/OF HER CITIZEN SOLDIERS./ERECTED BY THE PEOPLE OF MICHIGAN UNDER JOINT/RESOLUTION OF THE LEGISLATURE./APPROVED MAY 8TH, 1895. (On back of granite base:) THE TRUE GLORY OF THE REPUBLIC MUS/CONSIST, NOT ONLY IN THE BENEFICENCE AND FREEDOM OF/OUR INSTITUTIONS, BUT ALSO IN UR ABILITY AND COURAGE/TO DEFEND AND PROTECT THEM./MESSAGE TO THE LEGISLATURE 1863./ALL THE BLOOD AND CARNAGE OF THIS TERRIBLE WAR,/ALL THE HEARTRENDING CASUALTIES OF BATTLE AND/THE SAD BEREAVEMENTS OCCASIONED BY THEM, HAVE THE/SAME CAUSE--SLAVERY. THE GREATEST, VILEST CRIMINAL/OF THE WORLD; IT MUST PERISH. MESSAGE 1863./
    AGAIN AND FOR THE LAST TIME I COMMEND THE/MICHIGAN TROOPS TO YOUR CONTINUED CARE AND SUPPORT./THEY HAVE NEVER FAILED IN THEIR DUTY TO THE COUNTRY/OR TO THE STATE. UPON EVERY BATTLEFIELD OF THE WAR THEIR SHOUTS HAVE BEEN HEARD AND THEIR STURDY BLOWS/HAVE BEEN DELIVERED FOR THE UNION AND VICTORY. IT IS/MY SOLE REGRET AT QUITTING OFFICE THAT I PART WITH THEM. LAST MESSAGE JAN. 4TH, 1865.
    Description: 
    A standing portrait of former governor, Austin Blair, depicted as he is about to deliver a speech. His proper right hand is on his proper right hip and his proper left hand rests on a flag-draped column. The sculpture rests on a tall square granite base.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Blair, Austin -- Full length
    Occupation -- Law -- Lawyer
    Occupation -- Political -- Governor
    Dress -- Historic -- Nineteenth Century Dress
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Michigan -- Lansing
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Michigan Capitol Committee, Legislative Service Bureau, 124 West Allegan, P. O. Box 30036, Lansing, Michigan 48909
    Located Michigan State Capitol, Capitol Lawn, Lansing, Michigan
    Remarks: 
    In 1895, the Michigan Senate commissioned Edward Clark Potter to execute this portrait of Austin Blair for $7,200; the total cost of the monument including the base and installation came to $9,791. The base was designed by the architectural firm of Donaldson and Meier. The base was constructed by C. W. Hills of Jackson, Michigan. In Jan. 1989, the sculpture was removed for conservation by Venus Bronze Works, Inc. IAS files contain a Feb. 24, 1989 condition assessment and treatment proposal by Venus Bronze Works, Inc.; newspaper articles from The State Journal (Lansing, MI), Jan. 8, 1989; Jan. 19, 1989; and May 5, 1989; two press releases --one marking the Jan. 19, 1989 removal of the sculpture for conservation treatment and the other marking the May 4, 1989 return of the sculpture; and an excerpt from George S. May's "Michigan Civil War Monuments," Michigan Civil War Centennial Observance Commission, 1965, pg. 8 and 31.
    References: 
    Hendry, Fay L., "Outdoor Sculpture in Lansing," Okemos, Michigan: iota Press, 1980.
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Michigan survey, 1993.
    Illustration: 
    Hendry, Fay L., "Outdoor Sculpture in Lansing," Okemos, Michigan: iota Press, 1980, pg.15.
    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 87730001
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