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    		• Niehaus, Charles Henry,
     
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    		• Brigham, Charles,
     
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    		• Jno. Williams, Inc.,
     
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    		• Homage -- Drake, E. L.
     
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    		• Figure male -- Full length
     
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    		• Occupation -- Industry
     
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    		• Occupation -- Labor
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Titusville
     
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    Drake Monument, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Niehaus, Charles Henry, 1855-1935, sculptor.
    Brigham, Charles, architect.
    Jno. Williams, Inc., founder.
    Title: 
    Drake Monument, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Driller, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1901. Dedicated Oct. 4, 1901.
    Digital Reference: 
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    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 10 x 4 x 4 ft.; Base: approx. 115 x 20 x 20 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (On proper right front side of sculpture's bronze base:) C. H. NIEHAUS. SC/MCMI (On left side of wall, first panel:) COLONEL E. L. DRAKE/BORN AT GREENVILLE N.Y. MCH 29 MDCCXIX/DIED AT BETHLEHEM P.A. NOV 8 MDCCCLXXX/FOUNDER OF THE PETROLEUM INDUSTRY/THE FRIEND OF MAN (On left side of wall, second panel:) CALLED BY CIRCUMSTANCES/TO THE SOLUTION OF A GREAT MINING PROBLEM/HE TRIUMPHANTLY VINDICATED AMERICAN SKILL/AND NEAR THIS SPOT/LAID THE FOUNDATION OF AN INDUSTRY (On left side of wall, third panel:) THAT HAS ENRICHED THE STATE/BENEFITTED MANKIND/STIMULATED THE MECHANIC ARTS/ENLARGED THE PHARMACOPOEIA/AND HAS ATTAINED WORLD WIDE PROPORTIONS
    (On right side of wall, fourth panel:) HE SOUGHT FOR HIMSELF/NOT WEALTH NO SOCIAL DISTINCTION/CONTENT TO LET OTHERS FOLLOW WHERE HE LED/AT THE THRESHOLD OF HIS FAME HE RETIRED/TO END HIS DAYS IN QUIETER PURSUITS (On right side of wall, fifth panel:) HIS HIGHEST AMBITION/WAS THE SUCCESSFUL ACCOMPLISHMENT OF HIS TASK/THIS NOBLE VICTORY THE CONQUEST OF THE ROCK/BEQUEATHING TO POSTERITY/THE FRUITS OF HIS LABOR AND OF HIS INDUSTRY (On right side of wall, sixth panel:) HIS LAST DAYS/OPPRESSED BY ILLS - TO WANT NO STRANGER/HE DIED IN COMPARATIVE OBSCURITY./THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED BY HENRY H. ROGERS/IN GRATEFUL RECOGNITION AND REMEMBRANCE signed
    Description: 
    A large architectural monument featuring a central niche containing a classical nude male figure titled "The Driller." He is a kneeling figure about to drive a stake into a rock with a hammer that he holds in his raised proper right hand. The niche is flanked by two columns and a low wall containing six inscription panels that describe the accomplishments of E. L. Drake, founder of the petroleum industry. On the far left end of the wall is a relief of a shrouded female figure holding a wreath, and on the far right end of the wall is a relief of a shrouded female figure holding an urn.
    Subject: 
    Homage -- Drake, E. L.
    Figure male -- Full length
    Occupation -- Industry -- Oil
    Occupation -- Labor
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Titusville
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Woodlawn Cemetery, West Spring Street, Titusville, Pennsylvania 16354
    Remarks: 
    The monument marks the grave of Colonel E. L. Drake, the man who first successfully devised a way to drill for oil, thereby creating the foundation of an industry that built many of the towns in the Titusville region of Pennsylvania. The nude, classical figure of "The Driller" commemorates Drake's discovery while acknowledges the fact that oil was known in the region for hundreds of years preceding the success of the first well. The monument cost $100,000 and was erected by Henry H. Rogers of the Standard Oil Company in grateful recognition and remembrance of Drakes contribution to the oil industry. The bronze figure of "The Driller" was created by Niehaus and the monument was designed by Charles Brigham. On Sept. 4, 1902, Col. Drake's body was brought to Woodlawn from Nesky Cemetery in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
    IAS files contain excerpts from Mabel K. Clark's "Titusville, An Illustrated History," Cambridge, MD: Western Publishing Co.,1976, pg. 37; Wayne Craven's "Sculpture in America," Newark, DE: University of Delaware Press, 1984, pg. 452; and "Titusville Birthplace of the Petroleum Industry, A Pageant, the Diamond Jubilee of Oil by Elmer W. Hickman.
    References: 
    Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985
    Monumental News, April 1905, pg. 280.
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania survey, 1995.
    National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, PA5150, 1989.
    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 76007322
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