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    		• Homage -- Esther
     
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    		• Ethnic -- Indian
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Wyoming
     
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    Queen Esther's Rock, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Unknown, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Queen Esther's Rock, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1895.
    Medium: 
    Stone.
    Dimensions: 
    Approx. H. 4 1/2 ft. x W. 3 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (On bronze plaque on top of metal encasement:) Upon this rock/the Indian Queen Esther/Slaughtered the brave Patriots/Taken in the Battle of July 3rd 1778./Preserved by the Wyoming Valley Chapter/of the/Daughters of the/American Revolution/1895
    Description: 
    Rock enclosed in a low, rectangular metal encasement.
    Subject: 
    History -- United States -- Revolution
    Homage -- Esther
    Ethnic -- Indian -- Seneca
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Wyoming
    Boulder
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Wyoming Valley Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, 408 Wyoming Avenue, Wyoming, Pennsylvania 18644
    Located 275 Susquehanna Avenue, Wyoming, Pennsylvania
    Remarks: 
    Queen Esther was a Seneca Indian leader associated by legend with the Battle of Wyoming. The historic stone was preserved by the Wyoming Valley Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania 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 PA001489
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