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Bartholdi, Frederic Auguste,
Dean, William,
Allegory -- Civic
Figure female -- Full length
Object -- Other
Object -- Written Matter
Dress -- Historic
Dress -- Accessory
Copy
Outdoor Sculpture -- Wyoming -- Torrington
Sculpture
Statue of Liberty Replica, (sculpture).
Artist:
Unknown, sculptor.
Bartholdi, Frederic Auguste, 1834-1904, sculptor. (copy after)
Dean, William, sculptor.
Title:
Statue of Liberty Replica, (sculpture).
Dates:
Dedicated Nov. 11, 1950.
Medium:
Figure: copper; Base: mortared rocks.
Dimensions:
Figure: approx. 94 x 30 x 23 in.; Base: approx. 74 x 52 x 52 in.
Inscription:
(On top 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 (On bottom plaque on base:) DEDICATED NOV. 11, 1950/CONSTRUCTED BY/WILLIAM DEAN/ROCKS DONATED BY/THE REX YOUNG SOCIETY/OF ROCK HOUNDS (On figure's tablet:) JULY/IV/MDCCLXXVI unsigned
Description:
Standing robed female figure of Liberty holding a torch in her upraised proper right arm and a tablet in the crook of her proper left arm. She wears a crown which spikes coming out of it. She stands on a rock base.
Subject:
Allegory -- Civic -- Liberty
Figure female -- Full length
Object -- Other -- Torch
Object -- Written Matter
Dress -- Historic -- Classical Dress
Dress -- Accessory -- Hat
Object Type:
Copy
Outdoor Sculpture -- Wyoming -- Torrington
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Town of Torrington, Parks Department, Box 250, Torrington, Wyoming 82240
Located Goshen County Courthouse, N.E. corner of 21st Avenue & East A Street, Torrington, Wyoming
Remarks:
This may be 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, Wyoming 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 WY000055
Copy/Holding information
Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum
Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
WY000055
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