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A Welcome Sight, (sculpture). Artist:  Issa, Victor, sculptor. Title:  A Welcome Sight, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Jedediah Strong Smith, (sculpture). Dates:  1992. Dedicated Nov. 1992. Medium:  Bronze. Description:  Full-length figure of Jedediah Strong Smith is represented at about the age of 30. He kneels on his proper left knee as he looks off into the distance. Both hands rest on his bent proper right knee, and he holds a journal in his proper right hand. The figure wears fringed, buck-skinned clothing and has a gun on his hip. Subject:  Portrait male -- Smith, Jedediah Strong -- Full length Occupation -- Other -- Explorer History -- United States -- Westward Expansion History -- United States -- California Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- San Dimas Sculpture Owner:  Administered by San Dimas Festival of Western Arts, P. O. Box 146, San Dimas, California 91773 Located San Dimas Civic Center, Walnut & Bonita, San Dimas, California Remarks:  Jedediah Strong Smith (1798-1831) was the first explorer to reach California from the east. He and his party spent the night of Nov. 26, 1826 in San Dimas, then known as Mud Springs. IAS files contain a brochure from the San Dimas Festival of Western Arts, a project of the San Dimas Chamber of Commerce, who commissioned the sculpture. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, California survey, 1995. 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 CA001601   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture CA001601 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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