On the Trail, (sculpture).

On the Trail, (sculpture).

Berge, Edward, 1876-1924, sculptor.

On the Trail, (sculpture).

1915. Dedicated 1916.

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Sculpture: bronze; Base: quartz and marble.

Sculpture: approx. 80 x 46 x 27 in.; Base: approx. 58 in. x 5 ft. x 5 ft.

(Sculpture, on animal skin, proper left rear of figure:) Berge (Base, plaque on front:) ON THE TRAIL/PRESENTED BY THE PEABODY INSTITUTE/OF THE CITY OF BALTIMORE/WILLIAM H. RINEHART FUND/1916/EDWARD BERGE, Sc.

A standing figure of a Native-American male taking a step with his proper left foot and leaning forward slightly. His proper left arm is raised to his forehead, shading his eyes as he looks into the distance to his proper right. In his proper left hand he holds several arrows. His proper right hand hangs at his side and holds his bow. He is bare chested and wears only a loincloth. An animal skin hangs from his waist and tucked into his waistband is a stone tied in leather. He wears moccasins which tie above his ankles and there is a feather at the back of his head. On the base behind the figure is a separate bronze element representing a plant growing out of the stone base

Figure male -- Full length

Ethnic -- Indian

Object -- Weapon -- Bow and Arrow

Outdoor Sculpture -- Maryland -- Baltimore

Administered by City of Baltimore, Recreation and Parks, 2600 Madison Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland 21217

Located Clifton Park, Hilltop Drive near the Johns Hopkins Mansion, Baltimore, Maryland

The sculpture was a gift of Peabody Institute Trustees. It was made for the St. Louis Exposition of 1915 and was the first sculpture installed at Clifton Park, the former estate of the Baltimore benefactor, Johns Hopkins.

For related information see: William Sener Rusk's "Art in Baltimore: Monuments and Memorials," Baltimore: Norman, Remington, 1929, pg. 70; Kathleen Kotarba's report "The Baltimore Bronze Project," Baltimore: Baltimore City Commission for Historical and Architectural Preservation, July 1989, pg. 8; 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. 36.

Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985

The Peale Museum.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Maryland, Baltimore survey, 1993.

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