Severn Teackle Wallis, (sculpture).

Severn Teackle Wallis, (sculpture).

Marqueste, Laurent Honore, 1848-1920, sculptor.

LeBlanc Barbedienne, founder.

Severn Teackle Wallis, (sculpture).

1903. Dedicated 1906. Relocated 1919.

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Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite

Sculpture: approx. 94 x 40 x 30 in.; Base: approx. 77 x 80 x 78 in.

(Sculpture, on outer surface of the pedestal on figure's proper right side:) MARQUESTE/1903 (Sculpture, bronze base just below figure's proper left foot:) LEBLANC-BARBEDIENNE/FONDEUR PARIS (Base, front:) SEVERN/TEACKLE/WALLIS/1816-1894 signed Founder's mark appears.

Standing portrait of Severn Teackle Wallis with his proper left hand resting at his waist and his proper right hand resting on top of some of his papers on top of a small pedestal to his proper right. His proper right foot is extended slightly over the edge of the bronze base. He is dressed in a suit with a knee-length coat and buttoned vest, and is depicted with a slightly balding head, a moustache, and long sideburns. The sculpture rests on a square base adorned on the front with a bronze wreath and lettering.

Portrait male -- Wallis, Severn Teackle -- Full length

Occupation -- Law

Occupation -- Other -- Reformer

Occupation -- Writer -- Poet

Occupation -- Writer -- Author

Occupation -- Education -- Orator

Outdoor Sculpture -- Maryland -- Baltimore

Administered by City of Baltimore, Recreation and Parks, 2600 Madison Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland 21217

Located Mt. Vernon Place, East Garden, Baltimore, Maryland 21201

Formerly located Mt. Vernon Place, South Garden, Baltimore, Maryland 21201 1906-1919.

Severn Teackle Wallis (1816-1894) was a prominent Baltimore lawyer who was also known as a wit, reformer, poet, author, linguist, and orator. Two of his best known books are "Glimpses of Spain" and "A Discourse of the Life and Character of George Peabody." His is also known for laying the foundation of Civil Service Reform in Maryland.

The sculpture was commissioned by the Municipal Art Society of Baltimore. The artist based his portrait on a photograph of Wallis, and because details were so important to the artist, one of Wallis' suits was sent as a model. The sculpture was originally installed in the South Garden of Mt. Vernon Place, but was moved in 1919 when the gardens were relandscaped.

IAS files contain an excerpt from William Sener Rusk's "Art in Baltimore: Monuments and Memorials," Baltimore: Norman, Remington, 1929, pg. 98-99; Warren Wilmer Brown's "The Municipal Art Society of Baltimore City: Its Aims and Accomplishments, 1930, pg. 18-20; and newspaper articles from The Sun (Baltimore, MD), Dec. 8, 1960 and May 25, 1941; and News American (Baltimore, MD), April 12, 1928. For related information see also: John Dorsey's "Mount Vernon Place," Baltimore: Maclay & Associates, 1983; Kathleen Kotarba's report "The Baltimore Bronze Project," Baltimore: Baltimore City Commission for Historical and Architectural Preservation, July 1989; Henry and Caroline Naylor's "Public Monuments & Sculpture of Baltimore: An Introduction to the Collection," 1987, pg. 48; and Wilbur Harvey Hunter's "The Monumental City, The Rinehart School of Sculpture 75th Anniversary Catalogue 1896-1971," pg. 43.

Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985

The Peale Museum.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Maryland, Baltimore survey, 1992.

The Sun (Baltimore, MD), May 25, 1941.

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