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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Prescott, Preston L.,     Portrait group -- Family     Portrait male -- Reid, Hugo     Portrait female -- Reid, Victoria     Portrait male -- Reid, Felipe Ygnacia     Portrait female -- Reid, Maria Ygnacia     Animal -- Dog     Occupation -- Other     Dress -- Historic     Ethnic -- Scottish     Ethnic -- Indian     Object -- Tool     Figure female -- Full length     Figure male -- Full length     Figure group     Animal -- Horse     Animal -- Mule     Animal -- Cattle     Object -- Other     Architecture -- Vehicle     Equestrian     Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Arcadia     Relief     Sculpture

Hugo Reid Family, (sculpture). Artist:  Prescott, Preston L., b. 1898, sculptor. Title:  Hugo Reid Family, (sculpture). Dates:  Dedicated Oct. 31, 1937. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: concrete; Base: concrete. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. H. 6 ft. x Diam. 5 ft.; Base: approx. H. 6 ft. x Diam. 6 ft. 6 in. Inscription:  (Around top edge of base, moving from center front towards right, incised lettering:) THE HUGO REID FAMILY WPA FEDERAL PROJECT IN COOPERATION WITH COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES DEPARTMENT OF RECREATION-CAMPS AND PLAYGROUNDS PRESTON L. PRESCOTT SCULPTOR. signed Description:  A family portrait of Hugo Reid with his proper left arm around his wife Victoria and his children, Maria and Felipe Ygnacia Reid standing in front. Maria holds her mother's hand and Felipe holds a coil of rope. A dog stands next to the boy's proper right leg. The sculpture is mounted on a circular base containing relief scenes of pioneers traveling on horseback; a pack mule; a dog; an ox pulling a cart; and Native Americans weaving baskets. Subject:  Portrait group -- Family Portrait male -- Reid, Hugo -- Full length Portrait female -- Reid, Victoria -- Full length Portrait male -- Reid, Felipe Ygnacia -- Child Portrait female -- Reid, Maria Ygnacia -- Child Animal -- Dog Occupation -- Other -- Pioneer Dress -- Historic -- Pioneer Dress Ethnic -- Scottish Ethnic -- Indian Object -- Tool -- Rope Figure female -- Full length Figure male -- Full length Figure group Animal -- Horse Animal -- Mule Animal -- Cattle Object -- Other -- Container Architecture -- Vehicle -- Cart Equestrian Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Arcadia Relief Sculpture Owner:  Administered by County of Los Angeles, Department of Parks and Recreation, Los Angeles, California Located Arcadia County Park, Southwest corner of Santa Anita Avenue & Huntington Drive, Arcadia, California Remarks:  The sculpture was created as a Works Progress Administration (WPA) project in cooperation with the history and landmarks division of the Women's Service Auxiliary of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce. The sculpture was installed in the Santa Anita recreation area, which is now called Arcadia County Park. Hugo Reid was an early pioneer who became grantee of the entire Santa Anita Rancho in 1841 through his wife, a Gabrielino Indian who had received the right to 13,000 acres of land due to the Secularization Act of 1834. Hugo Reid was a member of the Constitutional Convention of 1849, which brought statehood to California. IAS files contain an excerpt from Westways (Feb. 1974): pg. 28-32; newspaper articles from the Los Angeles Times, July 27, 1937 and Oct. 31, 1937; and the Christian Science Monitor, Aug. 11, 1937. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, California survey, 1994. Glenn Wharton and Associates, Inc., 1998. SOS Conservation Treatment Award, 1999. 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 CA001494   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture CA001494 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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