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Temperance Monument with Relief of Dr. Billy Clark, (sculpture). Artist:  Unknown, sculptor. Title:  Temperance Monument with Relief of Dr. Billy Clark, (sculpture). Dates:  1908. Dedicated June 1908. Medium:  Relief plaque: white marble; Base: stone. Dimensions:  Relief plaque: approx. 19 x 14 x 2 in.; Base: approx. 29 in. x 3 ft. x 3 ft. Inscription:  (On plaque below relief:) NEAR THIS SPOT, 13, APRIL, 1808/WAS ORGANIZED BY/DR. BILLY CLARK,/AND OTHERS,/THE FIRST TEMPERANCE SOCIETY/IN HISTORY./THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED IN JUNE, 1908,/IN CONNECTION WITH/THE WORLD'S TEMPERANCE/CENTENNIAL CONGRESS./COMMITTEE OF PROMOTION/(followed by eight names) unsigned Description:  Bas-relief portrait bust of Billy J. Clark. He wears a jacket, shirt and bow tie. The relief plaque is mounted to the top face of a boulder. Subject:  Portrait male -- Clark, Billy J. -- Bust Occupation -- Medicine -- Doctor Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Gansevoort Relief Sculpture Owner:  Located Clark & State Route 32, Gansevoort, New York Remarks:  The sculpture commemorates the first temperance meeting held in the country and honors Dr. Clark, organizer of the first temperance society. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York survey, 1992. 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 NY001382   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture NY001382 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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