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Kelly, James Edward,
Portrait female -- Fritchie, Barbara
Portrait female -- Fritchie, Barbara
Literature -- Whittier
History -- United States
Object -- Other
Outdoor Sculpture -- Maryland -- Frederick
Medallion
Gravestone
Sculpture
Barbara Fritchie, (sculpture).
Artist:
Kelly, James Edward, 1855-1933, designer.
Title:
Barbara Fritchie, (sculpture).
Dates:
Dedicated Sept. 9, 1914.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze; Base: rough-hewn Maryland granite.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. H. 6 ft. x W. 2 ft.; Base: approx. 12 x 7 x 7 ft.
Inscription:
Kelly July 4, 1914 (On plaque, below portrait:) BARBARA FRITCHIE/BY JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER (Text of poem follows) (On plaque at rear of monument, near base:) ERECTED BY THE/BARBARA FRITCHIE/MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION 1914 (The sitter's name is also incised at the top of the tondo and appears in raised letters on the front, atop the base) signed
Description:
Tondo with profile of Barbara Fritchie is installed on a rectangular marker. The figure is an old woman who wears a soft fabric cap and shawl. She is superimposed over the American flag. Below the tondo is a plaque with the text of the poem "Barbara Fritchie" by John Greenleaf Whittier.
Subject:
Portrait female -- Fritchie, Barbara -- Bust
Portrait female -- Fritchie, Barbara -- Elderly
Literature -- Whittier -- Barbara Fritchie
History -- United States -- Civil War
Object -- Other -- Flag
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Maryland -- Frederick
Medallion
Gravestone
Sculpture
Owner:
Mount Olivet Cemetery, 515 South Market Street, Southwestern section, Frederick, Maryland 21701
Remarks:
Erected by the Barbara Fritchie Memorial Association after the remains of Barbara Fritchie and her husband John C. Fritchie were moved from the Old German Reformed graveyard in Frederick in 1913 and reinterred in Mount Olivet Cemetery. A resident of Frederick during the Civil War, Barbara Fritchie reputedly flew a Union flag out her window while Stonewall Jackson and his troops were marching near her home in 1862. IAS files include the text of the Whittier poem on the plaque.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Maryland 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 MD000514
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Inventory of American Sculpture
MD000514
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