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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Miller, William Henry,     Portrait male -- Cornell, Ezra     Portrait male -- Cornell, Ezra     Occupation -- Education     Occupation -- Education     Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Ithaca     Gate     Medallion     Sculpture

Eddy Street Gate, (sculpture). Artist:  Miller, William Henry, 1848-1922, architect. Title:  Eddy Street Gate, (sculpture). Dates:  1896. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze and wrought iron; Base: red and white sandstone, red granite and concrete. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 6 ft. x 18 ft. x 6 in.; Base: approx. 27 x 72 x 18 ft. Inscription:  (On stele on left:) So enter/that daily thou mayest become/more learned and thoughtful:/so depart/that daily thou mayest become/more useful to thy country and to mankind (On stele on right:) In remembrance/of all who with him had part in the founding/of this University/of all who with him here gave instruction/of all who here pursued their studies/under his presidency/and with a god speed/to all who have gone or shall go hence/to their life work/with noble purposes and firm resolves/this gateway is erected by/Andrew Dickinson White/1896 unsigned Description:  Architectural gateway over a service road consists of a pair of rough-hewn pillars with decorative caps joined by an arch made of wrought iron filigree. At the center is a two-sided medallion which features a profile bust of Ezra Cornell. Shorter steles of similar construction to the pillars flank the gateway. Subject:  Portrait male -- Cornell, Ezra -- Bust Portrait male -- Cornell, Ezra -- Profile Occupation -- Education -- University Founder Occupation -- Education -- University President Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Ithaca Gate Medallion Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Cornell University, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Ithaca, New York 14853 Located Cornell University, Corner of Cascadilla Place, Williams & Eddy Streets, south of Cascadilla Hall, Ithaca, New York Remarks:  Erected by Andrew Dickinson White. The gateway was widened in 1931 to accommodate two cars. For related reading, see Cornell Alumni News, v. 33 no. 35 (1931), pg. 444 and "Contributions to Cornell History," by Elizabeth Baker Wells, 1984, Cornell University, pg. 164-165. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York survey, 1994. 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 NY000943   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture NY000943 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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