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    		• Weathers, Graham,
     
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    		• Portrait female -- Queen Charlotte
     
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    		• Dress -- Historic
     
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    		• Occupation -- Other
     
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    		• Animal -- Dog
     
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    		• Ethnic -- British
     
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    		• Portrait male -- King George III
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- North Carolina -- Charlotte
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Queen Charlotte Walks in her Garden, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Weathers, Graham, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Queen Charlotte Walks in her Garden, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1988. Dedicated Jan. 26, 1989.
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze with green patina; Base: polished granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 5 ft. 4 in. x 12 ft. x 10 ft.; Base: approx. 5 x 5 x 5 ft. x Diam. 7 ft. 3 in. (3,000 lbs.).
    Inscription: 
    (At hem of train:) (The letter "M" in a circle) Weathers (On plaque in front of sculpture:) IN 1761 COLONIAL AMERICANS WERE FASCINATED BY THE ROYAL WEDDING/A NOBLE WOMAN REPORTS QUEEN'S CORONATION 1761 signed
    Description: 
    Life-size figure of eighteenth century British monarch Queen Charlotte stands on a low, round base. She wears an embroidered long-sleeved gown with petticoat and train. Her hair is braided, pinned up and topped with a jewel. There is a pearl choker at her neck and a bracelet with a cameo of King George III on her proper right arm. Two puppies frolic at her feet.
    Subject: 
    Portrait female -- Queen Charlotte -- Full length
    Dress -- Historic -- Eighteenth Century Dress
    Occupation -- Other -- Aristocrat
    Animal -- Dog
    Ethnic -- British
    Portrait male -- King George III
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- North Carolina -- Charlotte
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Charlotte International Trade Center, College Street, Charlotte, North Carolina
    Located Charlotte Apparel Center, 6th & College Streets, Charlotte, North Carolina
    Remarks: 
    Sculpture honors Queen Charlotte, for whom the City of Charlotte is named. The wife of King George III, Charlotte was Queen of England from 1761 to 1818. IAS files include a related article from the Charlotte Observer, Jan. 27, 1989.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, North Carolina survey, 1994.
    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 NC000375
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