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Bartholdi, Frederic Auguste,
Friedley-Voshardt Company,
Figure female -- Full length
Allegory -- Civic
Object -- Other
Dress -- Historic
Object -- Written Matter
Dress -- Accessory
Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- Dupont
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Sculpture
Statue of Liberty Replica, (sculpture).
Artist:
Unknown, sculptor.
Bartholdi, Frederic Auguste, 1834-1904, sculptor. (copy after)
Friedley-Voshardt Company, founder.
Title:
Statue of Liberty Replica, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Crusade to Strengthen Liberty, (sculpture).
Dates:
Dedicated 1951.
Medium:
Figure: sheet copper, painted bronze color; Base: limestone.
Dimensions:
Figure: approx. 8 ft. x 22 1/2 in. x 22 1/2 in.; Base: approx. 50 x 36 x 36 in.
Inscription:
(Inscriptions on tablet of figure) (Front of base, incised:) IN MEMORY OF/FRITZ B. ERNST/BENEFACTOR AND/FRIEND OF YOUTH/1877-1959 (Plaque on back of base:) With the faith and courage of their forefathers who made possible the freedom of these U.S./The Boy Scouts of American/dedicate this copy of the Statue of Liberty as a pledge of everlasting fidelity and loyalty./The Crusade To Strengthen Liberty/1951 (Stamped on circular plug on rear of base:) A/68 unsigned
Description:
A female figure, representing Liberty, stands wearing a long flowing robe and a pointed headpiece. Her proper right arm is raised and holds a lit torch, and her proper left arm cradles a tablet with inscriptions. She stands upon a pyramidal-shaped base with an inscription on the front and a plaque on the back.
Subject:
Figure female -- Full length
Allegory -- Civic -- Liberty
Object -- Other -- Torch
Dress -- Historic -- Classical Dress
Object -- Written Matter
Dress -- Accessory -- Hat
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- Dupont
Copy
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Boy Scouts of America, Hoosier Hills Council, 315 West 3rd Street, Madison, Indiana 47250
Located Camp Louis Ernst, B.S.A., 75 feet west of Indiana SR 7, Dupont, Indiana
Remarks:
This is one of nearly 200 small replicas of Bartholdi's Statue of Liberty (IAS record 76003645) placed around the country as part of the Boy Scouts of America's 40th anniversary (1950). According to a March 1986 Fact Sheet from the Boy Scouts of America (on file in IAS), the idea for the project originated with Jack Whitaker, then Scout Commissioner of the Kansas City Area Council. The copper statues were manufactured by Friedley-Voshardt Co. (Chicago, IL) and purchased through the Kansas City Boy Scouts office.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana survey, 1993.
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 IN000439
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Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
IN000439
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