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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Bush-Brown, Henry K.,     Bureau Brothers,     Portrait female -- Jemison, Mary     Portrait male -- Jemison, Thomas     Dress -- Ethnic     Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Castile     Sculpture

Mary Jemison, (sculpture). Artist:  Bush-Brown, Henry K., 1857-1935, sculptor. Bureau Brothers, founder. Title:  Mary Jemison, (sculpture). Other Titles:  White Woman of the Genesee, (sculpture). Dates:  Pedestal: 1874 or 1875. Figure: dedicated Sept. 19, 1910. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Pedestal: white marble with bluestone plinth. Dimensions:  Figure: approx. 74 x 37 x 24 in.; Pedestal: approx. 72 x 30 x 30 in. Inscription:  (On front of base:) DEH-CE-WANUS/MARY JEMSON(sic) (On southwest corner of base:) H K Bush-Brown 1910 (On northeast corner of base, foundry mark:) Bureau Bros./Brunze (sic) Founders/Phila./(P)enna. signed Founder's mark appears. Description:  A full-length figure of Mary Jemison in Native-American dress, carrying her infant son Thomas on her back. She has long braids and wears a fringed buckskin dress. She carries a bundle in her proper right hand and holds the strap of her son's backpack with her proper left hand. The sculpture is mounted on a square base that is inscribed with the story of Mary Jemison. The sculpture is surrounded by a fence which was added in 1924. Subject:  Portrait female -- Jemison, Mary -- Full length Portrait male -- Jemison, Thomas -- Child Dress -- Ethnic -- Indian Dress Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Castile Sculpture Owner:  Letchworth State Park, Center of park, north side of Council House grounds, Castile, New York 14227 Remarks:  The statue is part of a larger gravesite commemorating Mary Jemison, a famous white Seneca captive who spent nearly 75 years living in the Seneca culture. The pedestal was dedicated in March of 1874 or 1875 when her remains were brought to the Council House grounds. The bronze statue was added in 1910. IAS files contain photocopies of historic photographs of the sculpture, taken at the time of its dedication. Additional information on the sculpture is available at the Wyoming County Historian's Office in Warsaw, New York and historical files are held at Letchworth State Park. For futher reading on Jemison, see also: James Everett Seaver's "A Narrative of the Life of Mary Jemison, the White Woman of the Genesee." (IAS files contain a photocopy of the 22nd edition, revised and printed by The American Scenic & Historic Preservation Society, N.Y., 1925). References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York survey, 1994. National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, NY0279, 1989. Monumental News, Dec. 1910, pg. 867. Ted Bartlett (Crawford & Stearns Architects & Preservation Planners), 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 NY000856   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture NY000856 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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