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    		• Rhind, John Massey,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Jackson, James Monroe
     
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    		• Occupation -- Law
     
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    		• Fountain
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- West Virginia -- Parkersburg
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Memorial to J. M. Jackson, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Rhind, John Massey, 1860-1936, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Memorial to J. M. Jackson, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Jackson Fountain, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated Jan. 18, 1902.
    Digital Reference: 
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    Medium: 
    Bust: bronze; Base: marble and granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Bust: approx. 3 ft. 6 in. x 3 ft. x 1 ft. 6 in.; Base: approx. H. 9 ft. x Diam. 12 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (On bust, proper left side, lower edge:) MASSEY RHIND (On fountain, front:) MEMORIAL TO J.M. JACKSON BY HIS CHILDREN - NAT MDCCCXXV - OB MDCCCCI signed
    Description: 
    A bust of J. M. Jackson. Jackson has a long flowing beard, which falls to his upper chest. He wears a coat with large lapels, open at the neck, exposing a vest and high-collared shirt. The bust is mounted on a stone column, which in turn sits in the upper basin of a fountain. Around the column, four dolphins (symbolic of the seas and heavens) spout water.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Jackson, James Monroe -- Bust
    Occupation -- Law -- Judge
    Object Type: 
    Fountain
    Outdoor Sculpture -- West Virginia -- Parkersburg
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Wood County, Wood County Commission, Maintenance Department, 328 Second Street, Parkersburg, West Virginia 26101
    Located Wood County Courthouse, 3rd & Market Streets, Front grounds, Parkersburg, West Virginia 26101
    Remarks: 
    IAS files contain related article from Parkersburg Sentinel (Parkersburg, WV), Jan. 18, 1902, pg. 1-3, and correspondence (dated Jan. 11, 1992) from Wood County Commission's County Clerk. The monument commemorates James Monroe Jackson (1825-1901), a judge and a prominent citizen of Parkersburg. The fountain was presented to the city by Jackson's children, James Monroe Jackson Jr., Mrs. Mary Rathbone, and Mrs. James Moffatt.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, West Virginia survey, 1992.
    Parkersburg Sentinel (Parkersburg, WV), Jan 18, 1902, pg. 1-3.
    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 WV000051
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