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Crawford W. Long, M.D., (sculpture). Artist:  Rhind, John Massey, 1860-1936, sculptor. Georgia Marble Company, carver. Title:  Crawford W. Long, M.D., (sculpture). Dates:  Installed ca. 1933. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Figure: marble; Base: marble. Dimensions:  Figure: approx. 84 x 48 x 48 in.; Base: approx. 64 x 120 x 120 in. Inscription:  Massey Rhind Georgia Marble Company Carvers (On front of base:) CRAWFORD.W.LONG.M.D./DISCOVERER OF THE USE OF SULPHURIC/ETHER AS AN ANAESTHETIC IN SURGERY/ON MARCH 30, 1842 AT JEFFERSON/JACKSON COUNTY, GEORGIA, USA/BORN AT DANIELSVILLE, GEORGIA NOV 1, 1815/DIED AT ATHENS, GEORGIA JUNE 16, 1878/"My profession is to me a ministry from God." (On back of base:) ERECTED BY THE STATE OF GEORGIA/EUGENE TALMADGE, GOVERNOR/MEMORIAL COMMITTEE/(List of names)/MADISON COUNTY signed Founder's mark appears. Description:  Standing figure of Crawford W. Long wearing 19th century three piece suit. He is leaning backwards on a podium. On the podium on the proper right side of the figure rest medical books and on the proper left side of the figure on the podium a bottle of ether and a rag. His proper right hand rests on the podium and proper left hand holds his lapel. Figure is atop sculpted block which rests on three-stepped base. Subject:  Portrait male -- Long, Crawford W. -- Full length Occupation -- Medicine -- Doctor Object -- Written Matter -- Book Dress -- Historic -- Nineteenth Century Dress Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Georgia -- Danielsville Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Madison County Commissioners' Office, P. O. Box 147, Danielsville, Georgia 30633 Located Courthouse Square, Danielsville, Georgia Remarks:  Crawford W. Long (1815-1878) was an American surgeon and pioneer anesthestist. He discovered the use of sulphuric ether as an anaesthetic in surgery on March 30, 1842. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Georgia 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 GA000181   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture GA000181 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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