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    		• Houdon, Jean Antoine,
     
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    		• Gorham Manufacturing Company,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Washington, George
     
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    		• Occupation -- Political
     
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    		• Occupation -- Military
     
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    		• Dress -- Uniform
     
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    		• Object -- Weapon
     
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    		• Allegory -- Place
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Virginia -- Charlottesville
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    George Washington, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Houdon, Jean Antoine, 1741-1828, sculptor.
    Gorham Manufacturing Company, founder.
    Title: 
    George Washington, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1788. Dedicated 1913.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Figure: bronze; Base: stone.
    Dimensions: 
    Figure: approx. 66 x 33 x 27 in.; Base: approx. 46 1/2 x 49 x 42 in.
    Inscription: 
    Gorham Company, Founders (On proper right side of plinth:) par Houdon, Citoyen Francois, 1788 (On front of plinth, incised:) GEORGE WASHINGTON signed Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    "Washington stands erect, head uncovered, cane in proper right hand; his proper left arm rests upon a bundle of 13 fasces -- symbolic of the 13 colonies -- upon which he has already hung his sword; behind the figure, and leaning against the fasces, is a plowshare. His clothing represents the boots and regimentals of his Revolutionary Army."
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Washington, George -- Full length
    Occupation -- Political -- President
    Occupation -- Military -- General
    Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
    Object -- Weapon -- Sword
    Allegory -- Place -- America
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Virginia -- Charlottesville
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by University of Virginia, Department of Facilities Management, 575 Alderman Road, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903
    Located University of Virginia, East Lawn, South of Pavilion X, Charlottesville, Virginia
    Remarks: 
    Gift of Mr. John Thomas Lupton. Cost: $2,000. This sculpture is a bronze cast of the life-size marble portrait of George Washington made by Jean Antoine Houdon for the Virginia capitol in Richmond. IAS files contain transcription of article from University of Virginia Alumni Bulletin 6 (1913) which mentions donor.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Virginia survey, 1994.
    University of Virginia Alumni Bulletin 6 (1913): pg. 200.
    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 VA000021
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