Dr. David Thomas Iglehart, (sculpture).

Dr. David Thomas Iglehart, (sculpture).

Ney, Elisabet, 1833-1907, sculptor.

Dr. David Thomas Iglehart, (sculpture).

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Sculpture: bronze (?); Base: granite (?).

Sculpture: approx. 2 ft. x 1 ft. 8 in. x 1 ft.; Base: approx. 3 ft. x 2 ft. x 2 ft. 6 in.

(On front of base:) DR.DAVID THOMAS IGLEHART/BORN IN HOWARD CO. MO DEC 11, 1835/(illegible) FROM THE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT UNIVERSITY OF (illegible)/1856 DIED APRIL 26, 1903/(illegible) 40 YEARS OF RESIDENCE IN TEXAS HE (illegible)/(illegible) IN PROFESSIONAL AND COMMERCIAL CIRCLES/(illegible) FOR HIS EXALTED QUALITIES OF MIND/(illegible)/HIS GENEROSITY, HIS DEEP UNFAILING FRIENDSHIP/(illegible) BUT UNOSTENTATIOUS CHARITY/WERE HIS DISTINGUISHING TRAITS/GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF HIS LIFELONG/FAITHFUL FRIENDSHIP AND AFFECTION THIS FOUNTAIN/ERECTED AND PRESENTED TO THE CITY OF/AUSTIN BY HIS DEVOTED WIFE/FANNY CHAMBERS IGLEHART/AND HIS COUSIN/(illegible) CLARKE/(illegible) TEXAS

Bust of Dr. David Thomas Iglehart that was once part of a fountain. He is depicted from mid-torso up. He is dressed in a jacket with lapels, buttoned almost up to his neck. He wears a shirt and tie and has a goatee and moustache. The bust is mounted on a tapered, cylindrical pedestal.

Portrait male -- Iglehart, David Thomas -- Bust

Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Austin

Administered by City of Austin, Parks & Recreation Department, Art in Public Places Program, 1110 Barton Springs Road, Suite 203, Dougherty Art Center, Austin, Texas 78704

Located Symphony Square, 11th Street at Red River, Austin, Texas

The bust of David Thomas Iglehart was commissioned by his wife, Fanny Chambers Iglehart, shortly after his death. The bust was originally part of a fountain, donated to the City of Austin by Mrs. Iglehart and Mr. Iglehart's cousin. IAS files contain related excerpts from Bette Redman Reichman's "Sculpture in Austin," Austin, TX: The University of Texas at Austin, 1989, pg. 10; and Deby Childress' "Austin Art Adventures," Austin, TX: Archer M. Huntington Art Gallery, College of Fine Arts, The University of Texas at Austin, 1989, pg. 8-10.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Texas, Austin survey, 1994.

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