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George Washington, (sculpture). Artist:  Houdon, Jean Antoine, 1741-1828, sculptor. Gorham Manufacturing Company, founder. Title:  George Washington, (sculpture). Dates:  Originally modeled 1788.; Installed 1917. Medium:  Bronze. Inscription:  (dated 1788) signed Description:  George Washington is portrayed standing, his proper left arm resting on a tall column, actually a fasces, a bundle of rods used as a badge of authority by Roman magistrates; 13 rods signify the original 13 colonies. A sword is hung from them and a plow leans against the column. He is clothed in the uniform of the Continental Army. Subject:  Portrait male -- Washington, George -- Full length Occupation -- Political -- President Occupation -- Military -- General Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform Object -- Tool -- Plow Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Illinois -- Chicago Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Chicago Park District, Preservation Planning Division, 425 East McFetridge Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60605 Located at Art Institute of Chicago, 111 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60603-6110 Remarks:  This work is a cast of Houdon's original 1788 marble sculpture in the Virginia State Capitol at Richmond. Gorham Manufacturing Company was authorized to make 22 bronze copies of the marble statue. These can be found in cities worldwide. The Chicago copy was installed in 1917 and purchased in 1925 by the B. F. Ferguson Monument Fund. It stood for many years on the Michigan Avenue entrance steps of the Art Institute, but was moved into the lobby in 1979 to protect it from air pollution. References:  Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985 Bach, Ira J. and Mary Lackritz Gray, "A Guide to Chicago's Public Sculpture," Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1983. 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 75004360   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 75004360 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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