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    		• Weinman, Adolph A.,
     
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    		• McKim, Charles Follen,
     
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    		• McKim, Mead & White,
     
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    		• Animal -- Bird
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Hicksville
     
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    Roman Eagle, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Weinman, Adolph A., 1870-1952, sculptor.
    McKim, Charles Follen, 1847-1909, architect.
    McKim, Mead & White, architectural firm.
    Title: 
    Roman Eagle, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1910. Dedicated May 15, 1965.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: Milford pink granite or Knoxsville marble; Base: concrete.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 5 ft. x 5 ft. 3 in. x 3 1/2 ft.; Base: approx. 5 x 5 x 5 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (On plaque on front of base:) AQVILA ROMANA OLIM VRBANA/NVNC HICKSVILLAE SVBVRBANA/(A ROMAN EAGLE ONCE VRBAN/IS NOW IN HICKSVILLE QVITE SVBVRBAN)/DEDICATED BY/VIA VOLANTIS VIATORIS/(THE ROVTE OF THE DASHING COMMVTER)/AND/SENATVS POPVLVSQVE HICKSVILLANVS/(HICKSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL LATIN CLVB)/THE IDES OF MAY/MCMLXV/EST OPVS RESPECTV IN PROSPECTV/(HEED THE PAST IN PLANNING THE FVTVRE)/PLAQVE DONATED BY/DOBSON CONSTRVCTION COMPANY INC unsigned
    Description: 
    An eagle with wings outspread. The sculpture stands on a rectangular concrete base.
    Subject: 
    Animal -- Bird -- Eagle
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Hicksville
    Architectural component
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Located Parking lot north of Hicksville L.I.R.R. Station, Hicksville, New York
    Provenance: 
    Formerly located Pennsylvania Station, 33rd Street & Seventh Avenue, New York, New York 1910-1963
    Remarks: 
    The sculpture was originally installed on Pennsylvania Station in New York, New York. When the station was demolished in 1963, the sculpture was relocated to Hicksville. The relocation of the sculpture was sponsored by the Latin Club of Hicksville High School under the direction of Samuel Goldberg, Latin teacher at the school. IAS files contain copy of related article from Long Island Press, May 16, 1973.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York survey, 1994.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Long Island Press, May 16, 1973.
    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 NY001425
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