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Bartholdi, Frederic Auguste,
Street Lamps of America,
Figure female -- Full length
Allegory -- Civic
Object -- Written Matter
Object -- Other
Dress -- Historic
Dress -- Accessory
Copy
Outdoor Sculpture -- Kansas -- El Dorado
Sculpture
Statue of Liberty Replica, (sculpture).
Artist:
Unknown, sculptor.
Bartholdi, Frederic Auguste, 1834-1904, sculptor. (copy after)
Street Lamps of America, founder.
Title:
Statue of Liberty Replica, (sculpture).
Dates:
Base: dedicated July 4, 1950. Statue: dedicated Nov. 1988.
Medium:
Statue: cast aluminum, painted; Base: limestone.
Dimensions:
Statue: approx. 9 ft. x 24 in. x 24 in.; Base: approx. 64 x 36 x 36 in.
Inscription:
(On tablet on statue:) JULY/IV/MDCCLXXVI (Bronze plaque on base:) WITH THE FAITH AND COURAGE OF/THEIR FOREFATHERS WHO MADE/POSSIBLE THE FREEDOM OF THESE/UNITED STATES/THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA/DEDICATE THIS REPLICA OF THE/STATUE OF LIBERTY AS A PLEDGE/OF EVERLASTING FIDELITY AND/LOYALTY/40TH ANNIVERSARY CRUSADE TO/STRENGTHEN THE ARM OF LIBERTY/1950 unsigned
Description:
A female figure, representing Liberty, stands, wearing a long flowing robe and a headpiece. She holds an inscribed book or tablet in her bent proper left arm and a torch overhead in her proper right hand. The statue is mounted on top of a tall base with a plaque.
Subject:
Figure female -- Full length
Allegory -- Civic -- Liberty
Object -- Written Matter
Object -- Other -- Torch
Dress -- Historic -- Classical Dress
Dress -- Accessory -- Hat
Object Type:
Copy
Outdoor Sculpture -- Kansas -- El Dorado
Sculpture
Owner:
Butler County Courthouse, 205 West Central, Grounds, northwest corner, El Dorado, Kansas 67042
Remarks:
Statue is a replacement for the original statue (IAS record KS000238), which was dedicated on July 4, 1950 and relocated indoors at the Butler County Historical Society in 1988 due to vandalism and deterioration. The base for the current statue is the same one that the original statue stood upon. The new statue was the culmination of a team effort between the Eldorado Boy Scouts, the Butler County Council of the American Legion, the Butler County Commissioners, and Texaco, who provided funds for its purchase. It was painted to resemble the restored Statue of Liberty at Ellis Island. IAS files contain related articles from The Wichita Eagle-Beacon, Nov. 17, 1988; the Augusta Daily Gazette (Kansas), Nov. 14, 1988, pg. 3; The Sunflower Legionnaire, Dec. 1988; and the Eldorado Times (Kansas), Nov. 11 and 12, 1988.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Kansas, Wichita survey, 1994.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Augusta Daily Gazette (Kansas), Nov. 14, 1988, pg. 3.
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 KS000239
Copy/Holding information
Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum
Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
KS000239
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