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    		• Van Brunt, John,
     
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    		• Jno. Williams, Inc.,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Benton, Thomas Hart
     
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    		• Occupation -- Political
     
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    		• Landscape -- River
     
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    		• Figure male
     
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    		• Relief
     
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    		• Boulder
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Missouri -- Kansas City
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Thomas Hart Benton Memorial, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Van Brunt, John, sculptor.
    Jno. Williams, Inc., founder.
    Title: 
    Thomas Hart Benton Memorial, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated Nov. 20, 1915.
    Medium: 
    Relief plaques: bronze; Boulder: Ozark granite; Base: concrete, and granite blocks set in mortar.
    Dimensions: 
    Boulder: approx. 5 ft. 9 in. x 5 ft. 6 in. x 3 ft.; Base: approx. Diam. 17 ft. 8 in. (4 tons).
    Inscription: 
    (On bronze relief plaque on south side of boulder:) THOMAS HART BENTON/BORN NEAR HILLSBOROUGH, NORTH CAROLINA/MARCH 14, 1782/DIED IN WASHINGTON, D.C./APRIL 10, 1858/TEACHER - LAWYER - SOLDIER/EDITOR - SCHOLAR - STATESMAN/UNITED STATES SENATOR FROM MISSOURI/FOR THIRTY YEARS 1820 TO 1850/CALLED AN "APOLLO," "WILD BUFFALO'/"A GNARLED OAK," "OLD BULLION"/FIRST AND GREATEST STATESMAN WEST/OF THE MISSISSIPPI/TO HIM IS DUE THE CHEAP LAND SYSTEM/SPECIE STANDARD, OREGON, CALIFORNIA/AND TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILWAY LINES./FIRST MARTYR TO SLAVERY/A NATIONAL STATESMAN WHO WAS NEVER/CONNECTED WITH A SINGLE ACT OF PERSONAL/DISHONOR OR ONE UNWORTHY ACT OF LEGISLATION/A DEVOTED SON, HUSBAND AND FATHER/THESE TABLETS ERECTED BY/ELIZABETH BENTON CHAPTER/DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION/.1915. (On plaque on north side of boulder:) HERE WHERE THESE ROCKY BLUFFS MEET AND TURN ASIDE/THE SWEEPING CURRENT OF THIS MIGHTY RIVER, HERE/WHERE THE MISSOURI, AFTER PURSUING HER SOUTHERN/COURSE FOR NEARLY TWO THOUSAND MILES, TURNS/EASTWARD TO MEET THE MISSISSIPPI, A GREAT MANUFAC-/TURING AND COMMERCIAL COMMUNITY WILL CONGREGATE/AND LESS THAN A GENERATION WILL SEE A GREAT CITY./FROM AN ADDRESS IN 18(...illegible transcription) BY THOMAS HART BENTON/AT THE VILLAGE OF WESTPORT LANDING, NOW KANSAS CITY
    Description: 
    Granite boulder with two bronze bas-relief plaques. At the top of the plaque attached to the south side of the boulder is a bust relief portrait of Thomas Hart Benton. His head is turned slightly to his proper left. The rest of the plaque is filled with an inscription. In the upper half of the plaque attached to the north side of the boulder is a relief landscape of a riverbank, with a back view of a standing male figure in the foreground. The figure's proper right arm is outstretched. An inscription fills the lower half of the plaque. The short circular base is composed of two parts: the upper part is cast concrete, and the lower part consists of granite blocks set into mortar, with the outer rim of the base concrete.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Benton, Thomas Hart -- Bust
    Occupation -- Political -- Senator
    Landscape -- River -- Missouri River
    Figure male
    Object Type: 
    Relief
    Boulder
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Missouri -- Kansas City
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Kansas City, Missouri, Department of Parks and Recreation, Planning Services Division, 4600 East 63rd Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64130
    Located Kessler Park, Intersection of St. John Avenue, Gladstone & Benton Boulevards, Kansas City, Missouri
    Remarks: 
    Erected through the efforts of Mrs. H. J. S. Seely and a committee of the Elizabeth Benton Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. IAS files contain copies from Kansas City Journal, Dec. 30, 1902, pg. 4, which mentions a proposal for a monument to Thomas Hart Benton to be placed in Kansas City.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Missouri, Kansas City survey, 1993.
    Board of Parks & Recreation Commissioners, Kansas City, MO, "Historic & Dedicatory Monuments of Kansas City," 1987, pg. 9.
    Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Board of Parks & Recreation Commissioners, Kansas City, MO, "Historic & Dedicatory Monuments of Kansas City," 1987, pg. 9.
    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 76008643
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