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Longman, Evelyn Beatrice,
Bacon, Henry,
Presbrey Coykendall Company,
Charles Weitz & Sons Co.,
Homage -- Allison, William Boyd
Occupation -- Political
Allegory -- Civic
Dress -- Historic
Figure group
Outdoor Sculpture -- Iowa -- Des Moines
Relief
Sculpture
(Memorial for Sen. William Boyd Allison), (sculpture).
Artist:
Longman, Evelyn Beatrice, 1874-1954, sculptor.
Bacon, Henry, 1866-1924, architect.
Presbrey Coykendall Company, contractor.
Charles Weitz & Sons Co., contractor.
Title:
(Memorial for Sen. William Boyd Allison), (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Senator William Allison, (sculpture).
Dates:
1916.
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze, granite and sandstone; Base: granite.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 23 ft. x 13 ft. 9 in. x 14 ft. 11 in.; Base: approx. H. 2 ft. 6 in. x Diam. 33 ft. 7 in.
Inscription:
Evelyn Beatrice Longman Sculptor (On plaque, north side:) WILLIAM BOYD ALLISON/UNITED STATES SENATOR/MDCCCXXIX-MCMVIII/FOR FORTY-NINE YEARS/A MEMBER OF CONGRESS FROM IOWA/OLDEST IN SERVICE/WISEST IN COUNCIL/A FRIEND OF ALL (On front:) GOOD CITIZENSHIP IS THE FOUNDATION OF A NATION (On east side:) KNOWLEDGE IS THE FOUNDATION OF LASTING PROSPERITY (Incised in granite, rear:) THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED/IN 1916 BY/THE FRIENDS OF SENATOR ALLISON/THE CITIZENS AND SCHOOL CHILDREN/OF IOWA AND/THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE signed
Description:
Sculpture consists of an allegorical figure of Liberty seated on a granite pedestal with bronze portrait relief on front, and flanked by allegorical figures on both sides, including figures of a laborer, mother and child, knowledge, prosperity, legislature, victory and the Republic.
Subject:
Homage -- Allison, William Boyd
Occupation -- Political -- Senator
Allegory -- Civic -- Liberty
Dress -- Historic -- Classical Dress
Figure group
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Iowa -- Des Moines
Relief
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by State Historical Society of Iowa, Iowa State Capitol, Des Moines, Iowa 50319
Located Iowa State Capitol, Des Moines, Iowa 50319
Remarks:
Erected by the State Legislature, citizens and school children of Iowa and friends in honor of Senator William Boyd Allison. Weitz Co. did the foundation work for Presbrey-Coykenall. Longman won the commission after a competition in 1914.
References:
Samu, Margaret, 2002.
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Iowa survey, 1995.
National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, IA5014, 1989.
Monumental News, March 1913, June 1914, Oct. 1915.
Illustration:
Monumental News, March 1913, pg. 196.
Rabetz, Marilyn & Walter, "Evelyn Beatrice Longman Batchelder exhibition, April 24 to June 15, 1993," Windsor, CT: Richmond Art Center of the Loomis Chaffee School, 1993, pg. 6.
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 IA000309
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