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Dr. Ramon Emeterio Betances, (sculpture). Artist:  Andreu, Juan Luis, sculptor. Title:  Dr. Ramon Emeterio Betances, (sculpture). Dates:  1988. Dedicated Nov. 19, 1988. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Bronze relief set in a stone (probably limestone) niche. Dimensions:  Approx. 3.5 ft. x 7 ft. x 3 in. Inscription:  (Artist's signature and date are located in the lower left corner of the sculpture) (On plaque in vestibule:) Dr. Ramon Emeterio Betances Bronze Relief/Presented To/The Hartford Board of Education/and Betances School/By/La Casa de Puerto Rico/November 19, 1988/Created By/Juan Luis Andreu signed Description:  Semi-elliptical bas-relief depicts Dr. Ramon Emeterio Betances and objects related to his life and to Puerto Rican history. The figure of Dr. Betances is a bust, with full, wavy hair and a moustache with a long beard. He wears a suit coat. There is a chain running horizontally at the bottom of the piece, to symbolize Dr. Betances' opposition to slavery. A Puerto Rican flag flies behind him. To the left there is a caduceus and to the right is a section of El Morro Castle in San Juan. Subject:  Portrait male -- Betances, Ramon Emeterio -- Bust Occupation -- Medicine -- Doctor Ethnic -- Puerto Rican History -- Puerto Rico Emblem -- Caduceus Architecture -- Castle -- El Morro Castle Object -- Other -- Flag Object -- Other -- Chain Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Connecticut -- Hartford Relief Architectural component Sculpture Owner:  Dr. Ramon Emeterio Betances School, 42 Charter Oak Avenue, Hartford, Connecticut 06106 Remarks:  Commissioned by Hartford's La Casa de Puerto Rico for approximately $44,000. It honors Dr. Ramon Emeterio Betances (1827-1898), a Puerto Rican physician, founder of the abolitionist movement there, and author of the "Ten Conditions of Free Men." This is reportedly the first piece of public art in Connecticut to honor a Puerto Rican. The school was known as the Richard J. Kinsella School until it was renamed for Dr. Betances on Nov. 7, 1985. The sculpture was dedicated on Puerto Rico Discovery Day, Nov. 19th. IAS files include biographical information on Dr. Betances. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Connecticut 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 CT000342   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture CT000342 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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