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Bas-Relief Portrait of William Gleason, (sculpture). Artist:  Longman, Evelyn Beatrice, 1874-1954, sculptor. Title:  Bas-Relief Portrait of William Gleason, (sculpture). Other Titles:  William Gleason, (sculpture). Dates:  1931. Dedicated Dec. 29, 1931. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: oak. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 59 1/2 x 40 3/4 x 1 3/4 in.; Base: approx. H. 4 in. x W. 41 in. Inscription:  Evelyn B./Longman/Fecit-1931 (At left of figure:) 1836/WILLIAM/GLEASON/1922 (Incised below relief:) A MASTER CRAFTSMAN/ENDOWED WITH AN INDOMITABLE WILL/A SPIRIT OF INDEPENDENCE AND BROAD VISION/WHO CREATED A NEW TYPE OF MACHINE TOOL/AND FOUNDED THIS BUSINESS ON IDEALS OF/SERVICE AND FAIR DEALING signed Description:  Relief portrait of William Gleason is affixed to lobby wall of Gleason Works. The figure is seen from the waist up in partial profile. He is balding with porkchop sideburns and a moustache and wears a coat. The relief is flanked by two vertical columns of gears. Below the relief is a gear flanked by oak leaves. There are shamrocks in the center of the gear. Subject:  Portrait male -- Gleason, William -- Waist length Occupation -- Industry -- Manufacturing Object -- Tool -- Hardware Ethnic -- Irish Object Type:  Relief Sculpture Owner:  Gleason Works, 1000 University Avenue, Rochester, New York 14692 Remarks:  William Gleason (1836-1922), a native of Ireland, was founder of the Gleason Works machine shop in Rochester. He invented and manufactured the bevel gear cutting machine. IAS files contain a related article from the journal "Machinery," Feb. 1932. References:  Samu, Margaret, 2002. Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York survey, 1993. Illustration:  Image on file. Machinery (Feb. 1932): pg. 479. 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 NY001587   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture NY001587 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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