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Quinn, Edmond Thomas,
Portrait male -- Sims, James Marion
Occupation -- Medicine
Sculpture
Dr. J. Marion Sims (1813-1883), (sculpture).
Artist:
Quinn, Edmond Thomas, 1868-1929, sculptor.
Title:
Dr. J. Marion Sims (1813-1883), (sculpture).
Other Titles:
J. Marion Sims Monument, (sculpture).
Dates:
Installed 1929. Copyrighted in 1929.
Inscription:
(On front of niche, above bust:) J. MARION SIMS/1813 1883 (On front of base:) WHERE THE LOVE/OF MAN IS/THERE ALSO IS/LOVE OF THE ART/HIPPOCRATES (On left side wall:) HAROLD STERNER/ARCHITECT/HE FOUNDED THE SCIENCE OF GYNECOLOGY WAS HONORED/IN ALL LANDS AND DIED WITH THE BENEDICTION OF MANKIND/THE FIRST SURGEON OF THE AGES IN MINISTRY/TO WOMEN TREATING ALIKE EMPRESS AND SLAVE (On right side wall:) ERECTED BY/THE S.C. MEDICAL ASSOCIATION/ITS WOMANS AUXILIARY/THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA/AND INTERESTED FRIENDS/IN LOVE AND ADMIRATION/MAY 10, 1929.
Description:
A bust of Dr. J. Marion Sims rests atop a slender stone base set inside a niche that is flanked by two low stone walls. The monument is installed on one side of a semicircular plaza with three stone steps.
Subject:
Portrait male -- Sims, James Marion -- Bust
Occupation -- Medicine -- Doctor
Object Type:
Sculpture
Owner:
South Carolina State House, Grounds, Columbia, South Carolina
References:
Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985
"Monuments on the State House Grounds, Columbia, South Carolina," compiled by Inez Watson, Clerk, South Carolina House of Representatives, 1958.
Illustration:
"Monuments on the State House Grounds, Columbia, South Carolina," compiled by Inez Watson, Clerk, South Carolina House of Representatives, 1958, fig.11.
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 76007586
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Inventory of American Sculpture
76007586
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