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Amateis, Louis,
Maddox, Elmer,
Paul E. Cabaret & Company,
Portrait male -- Ryan, Father
Occupation -- Religion
Occupation -- Writer
Stele
Outdoor Sculpture -- Alabama -- Mobile
Sculpture
Father Ryan (sculpture).
Artist:
Amateis, Louis, 1855-1913, sculptor.
Maddox, Elmer, contractor.
Paul E. Cabaret & Company, founder.
Title:
Father Ryan (sculpture).
Dates:
Dedicated July 12, 1913.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Figure: bronze;
Stele
: granite; Base: granite.
Dimensions:
Figure: approx. 6 ft. x 3 ft. x 26 in.;
Stele
and base, combined: approx. 101 x 108 1/4 x 79 in.
Inscription:
(On front of figure's bronze plinth:) Amateis Wash. D.C. (On front of upper step of granite base, on plaque, raised:) FATHER RYAN/1839-1886 (On back of
stele
, on upper plaque, below image of flag, raised:) THE WARRIOR'S BANNER TAKES ITS FLIGHT/TO GREET THE WARRIOR'S SOUL (On back of
stele
, on middle plaque:) THIS MONUMENT/TO THE/REV. FATHER ABRAM J. RYAN/POET-PRIEST OF THE SOUTH/WAS ERECTED AND DEDICATED/AS A TRIBUTE FROM/THE PEOPLE OF MOBILE/AND OF THE SOUTH/JULY 12, 1913/--/HON. PAT. J. LYONS/MAYOR OF MOBILE/RT. REV. EDWARD P. ALLEN, D.D./BISHOP OF MOBILE/HENRY P. WEISS/PAUL. E. RAPIER/HON. P. JOS. HAMILTON/EDWIN CRAIGHEAD, L.L.D./COMMITTEE (On back of
stele
, on lower plaque:) IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE/OF/JOHN L. RAPIER/AND/HENRY P. WEISS/FOR ESSENTIAL SERVICE/IN THE ERECTION/OF THIS MONUMENT/SEPTEMBER 1923. (On back of upper step of base, on plaque:) REBUILT BY THE/ANCIENT ORDER OF HIBERNIANS/MARCH 17, 1915 MOBILE, ALA. signed
Description:
Male figure wearing a priest's gown and cape, stands with both arms extended from under his full-length cape, looking down at his feet, holding a book in his proper left hand. A granite
stele
stands behind the figure. Both the figure and the
stele
stand on a low, two-stepped, granite base.
Subject:
Portrait male -- Ryan, Father -- Full length
Occupation -- Religion -- Clergy
Occupation -- Writer -- Poet
Object Type:
Stele
Outdoor Sculpture -- Alabama -- Mobile
Sculpture
Owner:
Located Ryan Park, Springhill & North Bayou Street, Mobile, Alabama
Remarks:
Funded by dimes from the children of Mobile, Alabama and the South. The Mobile Register first announced the project of a monument to Father Ryan Nov. 27, 1904, and then repeatedly called for voluntary contributions; it took six years to raise funds. IAS files contain copies from booklet, "Proceedings of the Ceremony of Unveiling of the Monument Erected by the People of Mobile and of the South to the Memory of the Rev. Father Abram J. Ryan the Poet-Priest of the South in Mobile, Ala. July 12, 1913," W. B. Delchamps Printing Company, n.d.; and copies of several unidentified newspaper articles.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Alabama survey, 1993.
Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.
Sheffield, Alton, Administrative Asst., Museum Department, City of Mobile, 1976.
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 75000039
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