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    		• Jones, Thomas Hudson,
     
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    		• White, Lawrence G.,
     
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    		• McKim, Mead & White,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Moore, Edward Mott
     
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    		• Occupation -- Medicine
     
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    		• Dress -- Ceremonial
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Rochester
     
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    Edward Mott Moore, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Jones, Thomas Hudson, 1892-1969, sculptor.
    White, Lawrence G., architect.
    McKim, Mead & White, architectural firm.
    Title: 
    Edward Mott Moore, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Dr. Edward Mott Moore, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated Oct. 29, 1927.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite.
    Inscription: 
    (Front of base, incised lettering:) EDWARD MOTT MOORE/M.D., L.L.D./1814-1902/FATHER/OF THE/PARK SYSTEM (Rear of base:) PRESENTED/BY/JAMES G. CUTLER/MCMXXVII
    Description: 
    A portrait of Moore seated in an armchair. He wears an open robe, with his proper left hand on his lap and his proper right hand resting on the arm of the chair. The sculpture is mounted upon a rectangular, tiered base, with steps leading up to the monument.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Moore, Edward Mott -- Full length
    Occupation -- Medicine -- Doctor
    Dress -- Ceremonial -- Academic Dress
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Rochester
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Rochester, Maps and Surveys, 30 Church Street, Rochester, New York 14614
    Located Genesee Valley Park, Entrance, Rochester, New York
    Remarks: 
    Edward Mott Moore (1814-1902) was a Rochester physician who became the President of the Rochester Park Commission and was known as the "Father of the Rochester Park System." The memorial was a gift to the City of Rochester from James G. Cutler, a former Rochester mayor, and was accepted by a resolution passed on August 21, 1926. The base was designed by Lawrence G. White of the architectural firm of McKim, Mead & White.
    IAS files contain excerpts from a draft of "Genesee Valley Park Master Plan," County of Monroe, Department of Parks, May 22, 1985, pg. 2, 4, 11- 12; and "The Rochester Historical Society Publication Fund Series, Vol. VII," compiled and edited by Edward R. Foreman, Rochester, NY: Rochester Historical Society, 1928. For further information see the Democrat & Chronicle, Feb. 25, 1940.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York survey, 1994.
    Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Foreman, Edward R., "The Rochester Historical Society Public Fund Series, Vol. VII," Rochester, NY: Rochester Historical Society, 1928.
    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 76004290
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