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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Bitter, Karl,     Lehman & Schmidt,     Portrait male -- Somers, John     Occupation -- Political     Occupation -- Other     Ethnic -- British     Dress -- Accessory     Outdoor Sculpture -- Ohio -- Cleveland     Architectural component     Sculpture

Lord John Somers, (sculpture). Artist:  Bitter, Karl, 1867-1915, sculptor. Lehman & Schmidt, architectural firm. Title:  Lord John Somers, (sculpture). Dates:  Modeled 1909. 1911. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: Tennessee marble; Base: granite. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. H. 9 1/2 ft.; Base: approx. 1 1/2 ft. Description:  Installed high above the main entrance is a standing portrait of John Somers with his proper left foot extended toward his fellow eighteenth-century Englishman, Lord Mansfield, on his proper left. Somers is dressed in judicial robes and a wig. He holds his proper left hand up to his chest. He holds some documents in his proper right hand. Subject:  Portrait male -- Somers, John -- Full length Occupation -- Political Occupation -- Other -- Aristocrat Ethnic -- British Dress -- Accessory -- Wig Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Ohio -- Cleveland Architectural component Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Cuyahoga County, Department of Central Services, 208 St. Clair Avenue, N.W., Charles Building, Cleveland, Ohio 44113 Located Cuyahoga County Courthouse, 1 Lakeside Avenue, N.W., Cornice above main entrance, south side, Cleveland, Ohio Remarks:  One of six courthouse sculptures of men known for their development of law on English soil. The sculptures are installed on the cornice above the main entrance. Lord John Somers (1651-1716), as Lord Chancellor of England, instigated passage of the Declaration of Rights. IAS files contain related articles from the Plain Dealer (Cleveland, OH), March 21, 1965; Oct. 1, 1930; and April 7, 1927; an excerpt from Lawrence J. Marzulli's "The Development of Ohio's Counties and Their Historic Courthouses," Columbus, OH: County Commissioners Association of Ohio, n.d., pg. 41.; James M. Dennis' "Karl Bitter Architectural Sculptor 1867-1915," Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press, 1967, pg. 149-159; and a pamphlet entitled "The Courthouse: a Photographic Document" from the Cuyahoga County Archives. IAS files also contain unpublished material on the courthouse art work from the Cuyahoga County Commissioners Reference Library. Lehman & Schmidt were the architects of the courthouse. References:  Lybarger, Helen Baldwin, "A Survey of Public Monuments in Cleveland," Cleveland, OH: Early Settlers Assoc. of Cleveland & the Western Reserve, 1979. (booklet) Save Outdoor Sculpture, Ohio, Cleveland survey, 1992. National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, OH5046, 1989. Monumental News, Feb. 1910, pg. 132. 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 88420007   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 88420007 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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