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    		• Don Ria Galli,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- McKinley, William
     
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    		• Occupation -- Political
     
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    		• Object -- Written Matter
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Ohio -- Niles
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    President McKinley, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Don Ria Galli, founder.
    Title: 
    President McKinley, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Cast 1904. Relocated Oct. 1960. Dedicated Oct. 4, 1962.
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze, painted; Base: marble and granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 7 ft. x 40 in. x 40 in.; Base: approx. 10 ft. x 110 in. x 110 in. (25 tons).
    Inscription: 
    Don Ria Galli, Florence, Italy (On plaque on front of base:) Donated to/The People of Niles/by Doris Duke/during the term of Thomas R. Smith 1960-62 Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    A standing portrait of President McKinley wearing a knee-length, jacket, a vest, and a bow tie. He holds his proper right hand slightly raised in a gesture of declamation. In his proper left hand he holds a scroll. The sculpture rests atop a tiered base with a cornice-like cap piece.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- McKinley, William -- Full length
    Occupation -- Political -- President
    Object -- Written Matter -- Scroll
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Ohio -- Niles
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Niles, 34 West State Street, Niles, Ohio
    Located McKinley High School, 616 Dragon Drive, Front lawn, Niles, Ohio
    Provenance: 
    Formerly in the collection of Duke, Doris, Hillsborough, New Jersey
    Remarks: 
    The sculpture was donated to the City of Niles by Miss Doris Duke, heiress and daughter of the late James E. Duke, a pioneer in the tobacco industry and friend of President McKinley. Mr. Duke had the sculpture cast in Florence, Italy in 1904. It stood on the Duke Estate at Hillsborough, New Jersey until Miss Duke donated the sculpture to the City of Niles. Duke paid for the expense of its dismantling, shipping and reassembly. The City of Niles paid for its installation at McKinley High School. The sculpture arrived by railway in October of 1960. It rested in the railroad yard for two years until being installed at the High School on October 4, 1962.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Ohio, Cleveland survey, 1994.
    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 OH000536
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