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Portrait male -- Flagg, Charles Benton
Emblem -- Seal
Architecture -- Detail
Outdoor Sculpture -- Ohio -- Columbus
Medallion
Exedra
Sculpture
Charles Benton Flagg Memorial, (sculpture).
Artist:
Unknown, sculptor.
Title:
Charles Benton Flagg Memorial, (sculpture).
Dates:
ca. 1901.
Medium:
Stone structure with a bronze medallion.
Dimensions:
Approx. 12 x 6 x 6 ft.
Inscription:
(On front in raised lettering:) CHARLES BENTON FLAGG/1855-1901/THE FIRST SUPREME SECRETARY/OF THE ORDER OF UNITED/COMMERCIAL TRAVELERS/OF AMERICA./ERECTED BY MEMBERS OF THE ORDER. (On bases of the three columns:) UNITY/TEMPERANCE/CHARITY unsigned
Description:
Sculpture consists of a wide, slightly circular base with a medallion image of Charles Benton Flagg. The figure has short hair, a moustache and wears a stiff collar and bow-tie. Three fluted columns stand on the base. These are topped with a decorative cornice detail with the seal of the Commercial Travelers of America. There are planters on each end of the base, and a small seating area juts out in the front, below the medallion.
Subject:
Portrait male -- Flagg, Charles Benton -- Head
Emblem -- Seal
Architecture -- Detail -- Column
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Ohio -- Columbus
Medallion
Exedra
Sculpture
Owner:
United Commercial Travelers of America, 632 North Park Street, Columbus, Ohio 43215
Remarks:
Erected by the Commercial Travelers of America in memory their Order's first Secretary, Charles Benton Flagg.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Ohio, Columbus survey, 1994.
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 OH000293
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Inventory of American Sculpture
OH000293
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