Father Ryan (sculpture).

Father Ryan (sculpture).

Amateis, Louis, 1855-1913, sculptor.

Maddox, Elmer, contractor.

Paul E. Cabaret & Company, founder.

Father Ryan (sculpture).

Dedicated July 12, 1913.

Digital Reference:

Figure: bronze; Stele: granite; Base: granite.

Figure: approx. 6 ft. x 3 ft. x 26 in.; Stele and base, combined: approx. 101 x 108 1/4 x 79 in.

(On front of figure's bronze plinth:) Amateis Wash. D.C. (On front of upper step of granite base, on plaque, raised:) FATHER RYAN/1839-1886 (On back of stele, on upper plaque, below image of flag, raised:) THE WARRIOR'S BANNER TAKES ITS FLIGHT/TO GREET THE WARRIOR'S SOUL (On back of stele, on middle plaque:) THIS MONUMENT/TO THE/REV. FATHER ABRAM J. RYAN/POET-PRIEST OF THE SOUTH/WAS ERECTED AND DEDICATED/AS A TRIBUTE FROM/THE PEOPLE OF MOBILE/AND OF THE SOUTH/JULY 12, 1913/--/HON. PAT. J. LYONS/MAYOR OF MOBILE/RT. REV. EDWARD P. ALLEN, D.D./BISHOP OF MOBILE/HENRY P. WEISS/PAUL. E. RAPIER/HON. P. JOS. HAMILTON/EDWIN CRAIGHEAD, L.L.D./COMMITTEE (On back of stele, on lower plaque:) IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE/OF/JOHN L. RAPIER/AND/HENRY P. WEISS/FOR ESSENTIAL SERVICE/IN THE ERECTION/OF THIS MONUMENT/SEPTEMBER 1923. (On back of upper step of base, on plaque:) REBUILT BY THE/ANCIENT ORDER OF HIBERNIANS/MARCH 17, 1915 MOBILE, ALA. signed

Male figure wearing a priest's gown and cape, stands with both arms extended from under his full-length cape, looking down at his feet, holding a book in his proper left hand. A granite stele stands behind the figure. Both the figure and the stele stand on a low, two-stepped, granite base.

Portrait male -- Ryan, Father -- Full length

Occupation -- Religion -- Clergy

Occupation -- Writer -- Poet

Outdoor Sculpture -- Alabama -- Mobile

Located Ryan Park, Springhill & North Bayou Street, Mobile, Alabama

Funded by dimes from the children of Mobile, Alabama and the South. The Mobile Register first announced the project of a monument to Father Ryan Nov. 27, 1904, and then repeatedly called for voluntary contributions; it took six years to raise funds. IAS files contain copies from booklet, "Proceedings of the Ceremony of Unveiling of the Monument Erected by the People of Mobile and of the South to the Memory of the Rev. Father Abram J. Ryan the Poet-Priest of the South in Mobile, Ala. July 12, 1913," W. B. Delchamps Printing Company, n.d.; and copies of several unidentified newspaper articles.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Alabama survey, 1993.

Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.

Sheffield, Alton, Administrative Asst., Museum Department, City of Mobile, 1976.

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.

Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012

Control Number:

Horizon Information Portal 3.0

Powered by SirsiDynix

About | © 2020 Smithsonian | Terms of Use | Privacy | Contact

SIRIS - Smithsonian Institution Research Information System