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    		• Metzger, G.,
     
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    		• Homage -- Armistead, George
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Maryland -- Baltimore
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Armistead Monument, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Metzger, G., architect.
    Title: 
    Armistead Monument, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1828.
    Medium: 
    Marble.
    Dimensions: 
    16 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (Inscription:) THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED IN HONOR OF THE GALLANT DEFENDER OF FORT McHENRY NEAR THIS CITY/ DURING ITS/ BOMBARDMENT BY/ THE BRITISH FLEET/ ON THE/ 13TH AND 14TH SEPTEMBER 1814/ HE DIED/ UNIVERSALLY ESTEEMED/ AND REGRETTED/ ON THE 25TH OF APRIL 1818/ IN THE 39TH Y4AR OF HIS AGE (Back:) ERECTED BY/ THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL/ OF BALTIMORE/ SEPTEMBER 12TH 1882/ WM. PINCKNEY WHYTE MAYOR/ IN PURSUANCE OF A RESOLUTION/ APPROVED MAY 3RD 1882/ AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR THE MONUMENT/ ERECTED BY A FORMER MAYOR AND CITY/ COUNCIL, IN PURSUANCE OF RESOLUTIONS APPROVED MARCH 4TH 1827/ AND FEBRUARY/ (see IAS file for rest of inscription)
    Subject: 
    Homage -- Armistead, George
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Maryland -- Baltimore
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Federal Hill, Baltimore, Maryland
    Provenance: 
    Formerly located Eutaw Place, Baltimore, Maryland
    References: 
    Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985
    The Peale Museum.
    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 75005993
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