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Bartholdi, Frederic Auguste,
Gorham Manufacturing Company,
Portrait male -- Columbus, Christopher
Occupation -- Other
Occupation -- Transportation
Ethnic -- Italian
History -- Exploration
Outdoor Sculpture -- Rhode Island -- Providence
Sculpture
Christopher Columbus, (sculpture).
Artist:
Bartholdi, Frederic Auguste, 1834-1904, sculptor.
Gorham Manufacturing Company, founder.
Title:
Christopher Columbus, (sculpture).
Dates:
1893.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Figure: bronze; Base: granite.
Dimensions:
Figure: approx. H. 6 ft. 8 in. x W. 4 ft. 6 in.; Base: approx. H. 5 ft. 3 in. x W. 5 ft. 4 in.
Inscription:
Gorham Manufacturing Co. (On front of base, raised:) COLUMBUS (On proper right side of base, raised:) 1492 (On proper left side of base, raised:) 1893 signed Founder's mark appears.
Description:
Standing figure of Columbus. He holds a sphere in his proper left hand. He looks off to his proper right, in the same direction as his proper right arm extends and proper right index finger points.
Subject:
Portrait male -- Columbus, Christopher -- Full length
Occupation -- Other -- Explorer
Occupation -- Transportation -- Navigator
Ethnic -- Italian
History -- Exploration -- Americas
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Rhode Island -- Providence
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of Providence, Department of Parks, Dalrymple Boathouse, Roger Williams Park, Providence, Rhode Island 02905
Located Columbus Park, Elmwood Avenue at Reservoir Avenue, Providence, Rhode Island
Remarks:
Donated by residents of Elmwood neighborhood of Providence. Replica. Original was cast in solid sterling silver by Gorham Company and shown at the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893. Prior to the statue's erection, the park was known as Elmwood Park.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Rhode Island survey, 1993.
Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.
National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, RI5010, 1989.
Freeman, Robert, and Vivienne Lasky, "Hidden Treasure: Public Sculpture in Providence," Providence: Rhode Island Bicentennial Foundation, 1980, pg. 58.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Freeman, Robert, and Vivienne Lasky, "Hidden Treasure: Public Sculpture in Providence," Providence: Rhode Island Bicentennial Foundation, 1980, pg. 58.
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
77001753
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Inventory of American Sculpture
77001753
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