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Walter Muir Whitehill Medallion, (sculpture). Artist:  Unknown, sculptor. Ruzicka, Rudolph, designer. Title:  Walter Muir Whitehill Medallion, (sculpture). Dates:  Installed 1976. Medium:  Medallion: bronze; Foundation: granite (?). Dimensions:  Overall: approx. W. 27 in. x D. 27 in.; Medallion: approx. Diam. 22 in. Inscription:  (On medallion, in raised lettering:) DOCK SQUARE PARK/DEDICATED TO/WALTER MUIR WHITEHILL/HISTORIAN & PRESERVATIONIST/WHO HELPED BOSTON/SHAPE ITS FUTURE BY/REDISCOVERING ITS PAST/AUGUST 26, 1976/KEVIN H.WHITE, MAYOR CITY OF BOSTON ROBERT T. KENNEDY, DIRECTOR BOSTON REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY unsigned Description:  A bas-relief bronze portrait medallion of John Muir Whitehill in proper right profile. He wears a jacket and tie and holds a pipe in his proper right hand. The medallion is installed in a square stone slab embedded among the pavers in front of Anne Whitney's sculpture of Samuel Adams (IAS record 76008355). Subject:  Portrait male -- Whitehill, John Muir -- Bust Occupation -- Education -- Historian Occupation -- Writer Occupation -- Education -- Student Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Boston Medallion Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Boston, Boston Art Commission, Office of Cultural Affairs, Boston City Hall, Room 716, Boston, Massachusetts 02201 Located Faneuil Hall, Dock Square, Boston, Massachusetts Remarks:  John Muir Whitehill (1905-1978) was a historian, scholar, author of popular regional histories, and the director of the Boston Athenaeum. The artist worked from sketches by Rudolph Ruzicka. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1996. 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 MA000172   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture MA000172 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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