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    		• Weinert, Albert,
     
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    		• Sill, Howard,
     
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    		• Roman Bronze Works,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Calvert, Cecilius, Baron Baltimore
     
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    		• Occupation -- Political
     
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    		• Occupation -- Other
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Maryland -- Baltimore
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Cecilius Calvert, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Weinert, Albert, 1863-1948, sculptor.
    Sill, Howard, 1865-1927, architect.
    Roman Bronze Works, founder.
    Title: 
    Cecilius Calvert, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Lord Cecilius Calvert Monument, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1908.
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: marble and granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 8 1/2 ft. x 57 in. x 35 in.; Upper base: approx. 79 x 57 x 55 in.; Lower base: approx. 37 x 72 x 69 in.
    Inscription: 
    (Sculpture base, proper left rear:) A. WEINERT.SC. (Sculpture base, proper right rear:) ROMAN BRONZE WORKS NY (On base:) CECILIUS CALVERT/1606-1675/FOUNDER OF MARYLAND (Back:) CECILIUS CALVERT BARON BALTIMORE/OF BALTIMORE IN THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND./ABSOLUTE LORD AND PROPRIETARY OF/THE PROVINCE OF MARYLAND AND AVALON/IN AMERICA. WHO ON NOVEMBER 13 1633/WITH THE COOPERATION AND ASSENT OF/THE FIRST COLONISTS PROCLAIMED/IN ENGLAND AND ON MARCH 25 1634/ ESTABLISHED IN THE PALATINATE OF/MARYLAND FOR THE FIRST TIME IN/THE ENGLISH SPEAKING WORLD/FREEDOM OF RELIGIOUS WORSHIP/ACCORDING TO ANY CHRISTIAN FORM./AND SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE. signed Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    Cecilius Calvert stands with his proper right foot forward; a cane held out in his proper left hand, and a sword in his raised proper right hand. His elaborate dress includes a jacket with a sash across his chest, a shirt with full sleeves and a ruffle at the neck, knee breeches, stockings, and shoes with a ruffle on the front. He has long hair and on his head he wears a broad-brimmed hat. A long cape hangs over his shoulders.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Calvert, Cecilius, Baron Baltimore -- Full length
    Occupation -- Political -- Statesman
    Occupation -- Other -- Aristocrat
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Maryland -- Baltimore
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Baltimore, Recreation and Parks, 2600 Madison Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland 21217
    Located Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. Courthouse, 100 North Calvert Street, Plaza, Baltimore, Maryland 21202
    Remarks: 
    The sculpture was a gift of the Society of Colonial Wars, Maryland branch. The sculpture cost ten thousand dollars. For related information see: William Sener Rusk's "Art in Baltimore: Monuments and Memorials," Baltimore: Norman, Remington, 1929; Kathleen Kotarba's report "The Baltimore Bronze Project," Baltimore: Baltimore City Commission for historical and Architectural Preservation, July 1989; Henry and Caroline Naylor's "Public Monuments & Sculpture of Baltimore: An Introduction to the Collection," 1987; and Wilbur Harvey Hunter's "The Monumental City, The Rinehart School of Sculpture 75th Anniversary Catalogue 1896-1971," pg. 16-47.
    References: 
    Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985
    The Peale Museum.
    National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, MD5023, 1989.
    Monumental News, March 1905; Aug. 1908.
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Maryland, Baltimore survey 1992.
    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 75005999
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