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Ball, Thomas,
Royal Foundry,
Portrait male -- Lincoln, Abraham
Occupation -- Political
Occupation -- Law
Figure male -- Full length
Ethnic -- African American
State of Being -- Other
Portrait male -- Washington, George
History -- United States
History -- United States
Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Boston
Sculpture
Emancipation Group, (sculpture).
Artist:
Ball, Thomas, 1819-1911, sculptor.
Royal Foundry, founder.
Title:
Emancipation Group, (sculpture).
Dates:
Modeled 1874. Cast 1877 or 1879.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 12 x 8 x 8 ft.; Base: approx. 12 x 10 x 10 ft.
Inscription:
THOMAS BALL SC 1874 FERD V. MILLER & SOEHUE, GEGOSSEN, MUSCHEN 1879 (Base of figure group:) EMANCIPATION (Front of base:) A RACE SET FREE/AND THE COUNTRY AT PEACE/
LINCOLN
/ RESTS FROM HIS LABORS (On back of base:) Given to the City of Boston/by Moses Kimball/1879 signed Founder's mark appears.
Description:
A
portrait
of
Abraham
Lincoln
standing by a kneeling
male
enslaved individual, his proper left hand raised as he is about to emancipate the him. In his proper right hand, which rests on a bronze podium,
Lincoln
holds an unrolled copy of the Emancipation Proclamation. To the rear of the figures is a whipping post, chains, shackles, and a frayed whip. On each corner of the podium are fasces and around the base of the podium are thirteen stars. A bas-relief of George Washington decorates the angled face of the podium and a Union shield decorates the inner face of the podium.
Subject:
Portrait
male
--
Lincoln
,
Abraham
--
Full
length
Occupation
--
Political
--
President
Occupation
--
Law
--
Lawyer
Figure
male
--
Full
length
Ethnic
--
African American
State of Being
--
Other
--
Enslaved
Portrait
male
--
Washington, George
History
--
United States
--
Civil War
History
--
United States
--
Black History
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture
--
Massachusetts
--
Boston
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of Boston, Boston Art Commission, Office of Cultural Affairs, Boston City Hall, Room 716, Boston, Massachusetts 02201
Located Park Square, Boston, Massachusetts
Remarks:
This sculpture is a copy after the original sculpture commissioned by the Freedman's Memorial Society and erected in Washington, D.C. in 1874 (IAS record 76004862). IAS files contain related clipping from Boston Daily Globe, Dec. 6, 1879, pg. 2. The 1877 casting was a gift to the city of Boston from Moses Kimball, the proprietor of the Boston Museum theater. The monument was restored and cleaned in 1987 with funds provided by the Boston Park Plaza Hotel. For related reading see Walter Muir Whitehill's "Boston Statues," Barre, Massachusetts: Barre Publishers, 1970.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1993.
Zoukee, Sophye M., "Adopt-A-Statue Casebook," Boston: City of Boston, 1990.
"Public Art in Boston," Boston: Institute of Contemporary Art, 1975.
Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.
National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, MA0157, 1989.
Monumental News, Dec. 1894, pg. 594.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Zoukee, Sophye M., "Adopt-A-Statue Casebook," Boston: City of Boston, 1990, pg. 24.
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 76008840
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Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
76008840
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