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    		• Myers, Elijah E.,
     
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    		• McFarland, John C.,
     
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    		• Vasshart, Herman,
     
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    		• Johnson, Otto,
     
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    		• Johnson, Gustave,
     
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    		• Allegory -- Civic
     
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    		• Figure female -- Full length
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Goddess of Liberty, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Myers, Elijah E., designer.
    McFarland, John C., contractor.
    Vasshart, Herman, sculptor.
    Johnson, Otto, sculptor.
    Johnson, Gustave, contractor.
    Title: 
    Goddess of Liberty, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Goddess atop Capitol Dome, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1888. Installed Feb. 26, 1988. Relocated Nov. 24, 1985.
    Medium: 
    Cast zinc, painted white.
    Dimensions: 
    Approx. H. 16 ft.
    Description: 
    A female figure stands wearing an olive branch crown and sleeveless robes. She holds a lowered sword in her proper right hand and a five-point star in her upraised proper left hand. The figure is either the goddess of Liberty or Pallas Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom, justice and the arts.
    Subject: 
    Allegory -- Civic -- Liberty
    Figure female -- Full length
    Object Type: 
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Texas State Capitol, 1200 North Congress Avenue, Austin, Texas
    Remarks: 
    The sculpture was originally installed on the new state capitol dome in 1888. Reports differ on who the artist may have been. SOS! survey lists architect Elijah E. Myers as the designer; John C. MacFarland (Chicago), as the subcontractor. Index of American Sculpture records say the sculpture was made by Otto Johnson and installed by Gustave Johnson. Belgian herman Vasshart is also alleged to have made the sculpture. It was cast at a foundry located on state capitol grounds. The sculpture was removed from atop the Capitol on Nov. 24, 1985 for restoration work by University Technology Assoc., Inc., and was reinstalled indoors in the north lobby of the Capitol. A replica (IAS record TX000637) was cast in 1986 by Dell Ray Foundry for use on the Capitol Dome.
    IAS files contain excerpts from "Texas Capitol Guide," (Austin: Texas Dept. of Transportation, Division of Travel & Information, n.d.); and Bette Redman Reichman's, ed., "Sculpture in Austin," Austin: Univ. of Texas, 1989, pg. 8. For related reading see "Capitol Goddess: Texas' Own Symbol of Liberty," Austin Pat Hudspeth, publisher, 1986.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Texas, Austin survey, 1993.
    Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    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 77006154
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