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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Saint-Gaudens, Augustus,     Bacon, Henry,     Carabelli, Joseph,     Henry-Bonnard Bronze Company,     McGilvray and Jones,     Portrait male -- Hanna, Marcus A.     Object -- Furniture     Object -- Written Matter     Occupation -- Political     Occupation -- Other     Outdoor Sculpture -- Ohio -- Cleveland     Sculpture

Marcus A. Hanna Monument, (sculpture). Artist:  Saint-Gaudens, Augustus, 1848-1907, sculptor. Bacon, Henry, 1866-1924, architect. Carabelli, Joseph, 1850-1911, fabricator. Henry-Bonnard Bronze Company, founder. McGilvray and Jones, contractor. Title:  Marcus A. Hanna Monument, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Marcus Alonzo Hanna, (sculpture). Dates:  1907. Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: Stony Creek Connecticut granite. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 7 ft. x 5 ft. 6 in. x 6 ft. 4 in.; Base: approx. 9 ft. 4 in. x 26 ft. 2 in. x 26 ft. 2 in. Inscription:  Augustus Saint Gaudens MCMVII / The Henry Bonnard Bronze Co. Mt. Vernon NY, 1987 (Base, front in raised letters:) TO/MARCUS ALONZO HANNA/This.monument/.is.erected.by friends/and.fellow.citizens/commemorating. his/efforts.for.peace/between.Capital/and.labor.his/useful.citizenship/and. distinguished/public.service/Born September XXIV.M.DCC.XXX..VII/.Died February/XV.M.C.M.IV/M.C.M.VII signed Founder's mark appears. Description:  Seated portrait of Marcus Hanna in a senatorial chair. In his proper left hand he holds a scroll. His proper right arm rests on the arm of the chair. He is dressed in a double-breasted overcoat which is unbuttoned. There is a pile of books and scrolls at the foot of the chair. The sculpture rests on a base adorned with reliefs of cornucopias. Subject:  Portrait male -- Hanna, Marcus A. -- Full length Object -- Furniture -- Chair Object -- Written Matter -- Book Occupation -- Political -- Senator Occupation -- Other -- Businessman Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Ohio -- Cleveland Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Cleveland, Department of Parks, Recreation, and Property, 500 Lakeside Drive, Cleveland, Ohio 44114 Located University Circle, Wade Park, Cleveland, Ohio Remarks:  Commissioned by the Hanna Monument Commission. The $68,000 cost was covered mostly by the citizens of Cleveland. References:  Campen, Richard N., "Outdoor Sculpture in Ohio," Chagrin Falls, Ohio: West Summit Press, 1980, pg. 39. Save Outdoor Sculpture, Ohio, Cleveland survey, 1992. National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, OH0041, 1989. Monumental News, Sept. 1905; July 1908. Illustration:  Campen, Richard N., "Outdoor Sculpture in Ohio," Chagrin Falls, Ohio: West Summit Press, 1980, pg. 39. Monumental News, July 1908, cover. 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 87830025   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 87830025 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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