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    		• Keck, Charles,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Lewis, Meriwether
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Clark, William
     
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    		• Portrait female -- Sacajawea
     
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    		• Ethnic -- Indian
     
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    		• Occupation -- Other
     
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    		• History -- United States
     
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    		• History -- United States
     
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    Lewis and Clark, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Keck, Charles, 1875-1951, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Lewis and Clark, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Lewis-Clark Statue, (sculpture).
    Monument to Lewis & Clark, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated Nov. 21, 1919. Removed July 10, 2021.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Figure group: bronze; Base: Balfour pink granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Figure group: approx. 8 ft. 4 in. x 3 ft. x 4 ft.; Base: approx. 14 ft. 2 in. x 4 ft. x 5 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (Front of base, middle section, raised:) MERIWETHER LEWIS/1774-1809/WILLIAM CLARK/1770-1838/BOLD AND FARSEEING PATHFINDERS/WHO CARRIED THE FLAG OF THE/YOUNG REPUBLIC TO THE WESTERN/OCEAN AND REVEALED AN UNKNOWN/EMPIRE TO THE USES OF MANKIND (Front of base, lower section, raised:) A TERRITORY OF 385,000 SQUARE MILES WAS ADDED TO THE/COUNTRY BY THE EFFORTS OF THESE MEN; AN AREA LARGER/THAN THE THEN EXISTING SIZE OF THE UNITED STATES signed
    Description: 
    Figure group includes two standing males and one crouching female. Meriwether Lewis stands at the front with a rifle in his proper right hand. His proper left hand hangs at his side. William Clark stands on a rock behind Lewis and is a head higher. He has his proper left hand on Lewis's proper left shoulder. His proper right arm is bent at the elbow with his proper right hand near his chest. Both figures look straight ahead. To the proper left of both figures and behind Lewis, Sacajawea crouches on the rock upon which Clark stands. She wears Native-American dress, and her hair falls in long braids which she holds in her hands, with both arms bent at the elbow. Around the lower section of the bronze are four scenes in bas-relief representing activities of the expedition. On the front is a buffalo hunt, on the back is an Indian dance, one side has Lewis and Clark entering a council of Indians, while the other side shows Sacajawea returning to her tribe, with the party including one large African American. The upper section of the front of the granite base features reliefs of a small seal of the United States, a large American eagle, and a small seal of the Commonwealth of Virginia. The rest of the front of the base features inscriptions, and the other sides of the base feature reliefs of forests, mountains, and cliffs, united by the lines of a river.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Lewis, Meriwether -- Full length
    Portrait male -- Clark, William -- Full length
    Portrait female -- Sacajawea -- Full length
    Ethnic -- Indian
    Occupation -- Other -- Explorer
    History -- United States -- Lewis & Clark
    History -- United States -- Westward Expansion
    Animal -- Bird -- Eagle
    Emblem
    Landscape
    Object Type: 
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Charlottesville, Department of Parks & Recreation, 1300 Pen Park Road, Charlottesville, Virginia 22901
    Located Lewis and Clark Exploratory Center, Darden Towe Park, Charlottesville, Virginia 22901
    Provenance: 
    Formerly located Intersection of West Main Street, Ridge Street, & McIntire Road, Charlottesville, Virginia 1919-July 10, 2021.
    Remarks: 
    Gift of Paul Goodloe McIntire. IAS files contain copy of pamphlet: Forrest, W. M., ed., "Unveiling Exercises; Lewis-Clark Statue; Charlottesville, Virginia," Charlottesville, VA: City of Charlottesville, 1919.
    References: 
    Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.
    Forrest, W. M., ed., "Unveiling Exercises; Lewis-Clark Statue; Charlottesville, Virginia," Charlottesville, VA: City of Charlottesville, 1919.
    Art & Archeology 8 (Nov.-Dec. 1919): pg. 363.
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Virginia survey, 1994.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Art & Archeology 8 (Nov.-Dec. 1919): pg. 362.
    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 76006586
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