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    		• Harvey, Eli,
     
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    		• Gorham Manufacturing Company,
     
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    		• Animal -- Deer
     
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    		• Homage -- Hencle, Eliza T.
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Syracuse
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    The Elk, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Harvey, Eli, 1860-1957, sculptor.
    Gorham Manufacturing Company, founder.
    Title: 
    The Elk, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Elks Club Statue, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1904. Dedicated June 14, 1925.
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: Barre granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 9 ft. 7 in. x 8 ft. x 5 ft.; Base: approx. 28 in. x 3 ft. 6 in. x 10 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (On proper left rear hoof:) Sc 1904 Eli (Piece inscribed with "Harvey" is missing) (On proper right rear hoof:) GORHAM CO. FOUNDERS (On plaque on base:) ELKS REST/THE GIFT OF MILES S. HENCLE/TO SYRACUSE LODGE B*P*O*E*31/AS A TRIBUTE TO HIS MOTHER/ELIZA T. HENCLE signed Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    An elk with long antlers stands on an inclined rough-hewn base.
    Subject: 
    Animal -- Deer
    Homage -- Hencle, Eliza T.
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Syracuse
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Oakwood Cemetery, 940 Comstock Avenue, Section 52, Syracuse, New York 13210
    Remarks: 
    Gift of Miles S. Hencle in honor of his mother, Eliza T. Hencle. Mr. Hencle was a long-standing member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Syracuse Lodge No. 31. Prior to donating the sculpture, he purchased the Elks' burial plot on which the piece stands. IAS files contain an excerpt from "The Outdoor Public Commemorative Monuments of Syracuse, New York: 1885-1950," by Calvin M. Hennig, Diss. Syracuse University, February 1983, pg. 349-358. For related reading, see National Register of Historic Places, "Oakwood Cemetery Nomination Form," National Park Service, Washington, D.C., 1990, pg. 14-15.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York 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 NY001319
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