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Statue of Liberty Replica, (sculpture). Artist:  Unknown, sculptor. Bartholdi, Frederic Auguste, 1834-1904, sculptor. (copy after) Title:  Statue of Liberty Replica, (sculpture). Dates:  ca. 1951. Dedicated Feb. 10, 1951. Medium:  Figure: copper; Base: brick. Dimensions:  Figure: approx. 7 x 2 x 2 ft.; Base: approx. 5 ft. 8 in. x 3 ft. x 3 ft. Inscription:  (Plaque on south side of base:) WITH THE FAITH AND COURAGE OF/THEIR FOREFATHERS/WHO MADE POSSIBLE/THE FREEDOM OF THESE UNITED STATES/THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA/DEDICATE THIS COPY OF THE/STATUE OF LIBERTY AS A PLEDGE/OF EVERLASTING FIDELITY AND LOYALTY/40TH ANNIVERSARY CRUSADE TO/STRENGTHEN THE ARM OF LIBERTY/1951 unsigned Description:  A female figure, representing Liberty, stands wearing a long flowing robe and a seven pointed headpiece. Her proper right arm is raised, holding a torch. Her proper left arm cradles a tablet. Subject:  Figure female -- Full length Allegory -- Civic -- Liberty Object -- Other -- Torch Object -- Written Matter Dress -- Historic -- Classical Dress Dress -- Accessory -- Hat Object Type:  Copy Outdoor Sculpture -- Arkansas -- Fayetteville Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Washington Regional Medical Center, 1125 North College Avenue, Fayetteville, Arkansas 72703 Located Washington Regional Medical Center, North Street, Fayetteville, Arkansas Remarks:  This is one of nearly 200 small replicas of Bartholdi's Statue of Liberty (IAS record 76003645) placed around the country as part of the Boy Scouts of America's 40th anniversary (1950). According to a March 1986 Fact Sheet from the Boy Scouts of America (on file in IAS), the idea for the project originated with Jack Whitaker, then Scout Commissioner of the Kansas City Area Council. The copper statues were manufactured by Friedley-Voshardt Co. (Chicago, IL) and purchased through the Kansas City Boy Scouts office. The new hospital had opened in August of 1950. IAS files contain related newsclippings from Northwest Arkansas Times, Jan. 9, 1951, which gives history of the Arkansas replica. The Arkansas statue cost $350.00 and local scout troops did much of the base brickwork. Restoration was undertaken as an Eagle Scout service project in 1980. For additional reading, see: Northwest Arkansas Times, Jan. 9, 1951. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Arkansas 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 AR000205   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture AR000205 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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