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(Post Office and Courthouse Reliefs), (sculpture). Artist:  Lo Medico, Thomas Gaetano, 1904-1985, sculptor. Title:  (Post Office and Courthouse Reliefs), (sculpture). Dates:  Installed May 26, 1937. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Plaster. Dimensions:  6 reliefs. 4 panels: approx. H. 6 ft. x W. 2 ft.; 2 panels, approx: H. 6 ft. x W. 4 ft. Inscription:  signed Description:  Six relief wall panels depicting the historical settling of Roanoke Island at time of the Revolution. Two reliefs depict specific historical events; the other four depict professions of the time. The landing of the English on Roanoke Island consists of American Indians and English colonists flanking a ship. The Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence contains four figures around a table drawing up a document. Education is a female figure with a child. The Stevedores are two male figures with a crate and a ship in the background. The Colonial Chemist and Fisherman are each single figures holding apparatus associated with their work. Subject:  History -- United States -- North Carolina History -- United States -- Colonization History -- United States -- Revolution Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Education Occupation -- Industry -- Fishing Occupation -- Industry -- Shipping Occupation -- Science -- Chemist Object Type:  Architectural component Relief Sculpture Owner:  Wilmington Post Office and Courthouse, Wilmington, North Carolina Remarks:  Commissioned under the Works Progress Administration. IAS files contain copy of Treasury Department correspondence (June 29, 1937) authorizing completion of contract, effective May 26, 1937. References:  Lo Medico, Leonora, 1992. 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 9D500003   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 9D500003 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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