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    		• Konti, Isidore,
     
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    		• Lehman & Schmidt,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Alfred the Great
     
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    		• Ethnic -- British
     
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    		• Occupation -- Other
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Ohio -- Cleveland
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Alfred the Great, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Konti, Isidore, 1862-1938, sculptor.
    Lehman & Schmidt, architectural firm.
    Title: 
    Alfred the Great, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    ca. 1910.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: Tennessee marble; Base: granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. H. 11 ft.; Base: approx. 1 1/2 ft.
    Description: 
    Installed high up on the north cornice is a standing portrait of King Alfred the Great holding a book in his proper right hand and tools in his proper left hand. He wears long robes tied at the waist, a cape, a crown, and tall boots. He has a long beard and moustache.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Alfred the Great
    Ethnic -- British
    Occupation -- Other -- Aristocrat
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Ohio -- Cleveland
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Cuyahoga County, Department of Central Services, 208 St. Clair Avenue, N.W., Charles Building, Cleveland, Ohio 44113
    Located Cuyahoga County Courthouse, 1 Lakeside Avenue, N.W., Cornice, north side, Cleveland, Ohio
    Remarks: 
    One of four courthouse sculptures of men representing the law in all its human form, the human sources of law. The sculptures are installed on the cornice on the north side of the courthouse. King Alfred the Great (900 AD) represents the development of English common law. Lehman & Schmidt were the architects of the courthouse.
    IAS files contain related articles from the Plain Dealer (Cleveland, OH), March 21, 1965; Oct. 1, 1930; and April 7, 1927; an excerpt from Lawrence J. Marzulli's "The Development of Ohio's Counties and Their Historic Courthouses," Columbus, OH: County Commissioners Association of Ohio, n.d., pg. 41.; and a pamphlet entitled "The Courthouse: a Photographic Document" from the Cuyahoga County Archives. IAS files also contain unpublished material on the courthouse art work from the Cuyahoga County Commissioners Reference Library.
    References: 
    Lybarger, Helen Baldwin, "A Survey of Public Monuments in Cleveland," Cleveland, OH: Early Settlers Assoc. of Cleveland & the Western Reserve, 1979. (booklet)
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Ohio, Cleveland survey, 1992.
    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 88420013
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