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    		• Reeves, Alex,
     
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    		• John Dokes & Sons,
     
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    		• Animal -- Elephant
     
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    		• Animal -- Portrait
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Georgia -- Atlanta
     
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    		• Billboard
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Ambrose, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Reeves, Alex, sculptor.
    John Dokes & Sons, contractor.
    Title: 
    Ambrose, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1894. Relocated 1971.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: Georgia white marble; Foundation: marble.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 44 x 61 x 22 1/2 in.; Base: approx. 6 x 81 x 81 in. (18,700 lbs.).
    Inscription: 
    (On top of foundation:) AMBROSE/FROM THE GARDEN OF/HUNTER PERRY/1887-1969 unsigned
    Description: 
    An elephant with small ears and short tusks, stands on all fours with its trunk curving in toward its front legs. The outline of a saddle is visible on its back. The elephant stands on a circular foundation.
    Subject: 
    Animal -- Elephant
    Animal -- Portrait -- Cleo
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Georgia -- Atlanta
    Billboard
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Atlanta History Center, 130 West Paces Ferry Road, Atlanta, Georgia 30305
    Provenance: 
    Formerly located Adair Realty & Trust Company, Luckie Street, Atlanta, Georgia
    Formerly located Perry, Hunter, Charlottesville, Virginia
    Formerly located Perry, Hunter, Peachtree Street, Atlanta, Georgia
    Formerly located White Elephant Saloon, Alabama Street, Atlanta, Georgia
    Remarks: 
    The elephant is modelled after a real elephant, Cleo from Atlanta's Grant Park Zoo, that died around 1900. The sculpture was originally installed outside the White Elephant Saloon where it remained for almost twenty years, until the saloon closed. It then became the property of Hunter Perry and was moved to his garden on Peachtree Road. When Mr. Perry moved to Virginia, he took the sculpture with him. In 1971, the Atlanta Historical Society obtained the sculpture from Mr. Perry's heirs and brought it back to Atlanta. IAS files contain related article from the Atlanta Journal Magazine, Aug. 22, 1926, as well as material from the Atlanta Historical Society with information on the sculpture's creation and history.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Georgia, Atlanta survey, 1994.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    The Atlanta Journal Magazine, Aug. 22, 1926.
    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 GA000372
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