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Evans, John,
Mythology -- Classical
Allegory -- Arts & Sciences
Allegory -- Arts & Sciences
Architecture -- Vehicle
Landscape -- North America
Object -- Other
Outdoor Sculpture -- Maryland -- Baltimore
Architectural component
Sculpture
Mercury and Commerce, (sculpture).
Artist:
Evans, John, sculptor.
Title:
Mercury and Commerce, (sculpture).
Dates:
1906. Dedicated Sept. 11, 1906.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
New Hampshire granite.
Description:
Two male figures, nude except for drapery, are seated atop main door on the B & O Railroad Building. The figure on the left is Mercury, the god of transportation. He wears a round hat with wings and holds a caduceus in his proper left hand. The figure on the right has been called Progress, but is better known as Commerce. He has curly hair and holds an object in his proper left hand, balanced on his proper left knee. The front of a locomotive is visible under his proper right arm. A globe with North America showing stands between the figures, on a wreathed pedestal.
Subject:
Mythology -- Classical -- Mercury
Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Industry
Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Transportation
Architecture -- Vehicle -- Train
Landscape -- North America
Object -- Other -- Globe
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Maryland -- Baltimore
Architectural component
Sculpture
Owner:
Coadministered by Oliver T. Carr Company, Washington, District of Columbia
Coadministered by W. C. Pinkard & Company, 7 East Redwood Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21202
Located Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Building, 2 North Charles, Baltimore, Maryland
Remarks:
The figures were carved by Italian workmen under the supervision of John Evans for the new $3 million dollar office building. The sculpture was cleaned by sandblasting in 1944 and 1973. In 1992-1993, the building was bird-proofed with netting installed by Bird Masters of Woburn, Massachusetts. IAS files contain articles from The Evening Sun (Baltimore, MD) March 17, 1944; The Sun (Baltimore, MD) Sept. 7, 1973 and Sept. 8, 1973; and the Monthly Journal of the Engineers Club of Baltimore, June 1913, pg. 15.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Maryland, Baltimore survey, 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 MD000553
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Inventory of American Sculpture
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