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The Fort Dearborn Massacre Monument, (sculpture). Artist:  Rohl-Smith, Carl, 1848-1900, sculptor. Henry-Bonnard Bronze Company, founder. Title:  The Fort Dearborn Massacre Monument, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Potawatomi Rescue, (sculpture). Black Partidge Saving Mrs. Helm, (sculpture). Dates:  1893. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: marble or granite. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 10 ft. x 8 ft. 10 in. x 5 ft. 2 in.; Upper base: approx. 3 1/2 ft. x 9 ft. x 6 ft.; Lower base: approx. 1 1/2 ft x 16 ft. x 14 ft. Inscription:  Carl Rohl Smith Sculptor / CAST BY THE HENRY BONNARD BRONZE CO NEW YORK 1893 signed Founder's mark appears. Description:  Six larger-than life size figures depict the rescue of Mrs. Margaret Helm, stepdaughter of fur trader John Kinzie. The Indians allied with the British and attached white settlers who had just evacuated Fort Dearborn during the War of 1812. The central figure, Mrs. Helm, grabs the knife of an attacking Indian who raises his tomahawk. The protective arm of the friendly Potawatomi chief, Black Partridge, intervenes to save her life. The small child at the Indian's feet is a symbol for the twelve children killed in the massacre. The garrison physician, Doctor Voorhis, lies mortally wounded behind the struggling group. Subject:  History -- United States -- Illinois History -- United States -- Fort Dearborn Massacre History -- United States -- Westward Expansion Portrait female -- Helm, Margaret, Portrait male -- Black Partridge Ethnic -- Indian -- Potawatomi Object -- Weapon -- Axe Figure -- Child Portrait male -- Voorhis, Dr. Occupation -- Medicine -- Doctor State of Being -- Illness -- Wound Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Illinois -- Chicago Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Chicago, Department of Cultural Affairs, Public Art Program, 78 East Washington, Chicago, Illinois 60602 Located Chicago History Museum, 1601 North Clark Street, Chicago, Illinois 60614 Provenance:  Formerly located Chicago Historical Society, Clark Street at North Avenue, Lobby, Chicago, Illinois 60614 1931. Formerly located 18th and Calumet, Chicago Illinois 1893. Formerly located Clarke House, 18th Street between Prairie & Indiana Avenues, Grounds, Chicago, Illinois Remarks:  The monument's subtitle, The Potawatomi Rescue, was added in 1972 in response to growing feeling that the original title reflected only the hostility and not the lifesaving role of the Indians. Originally four low relief bronze plates illustrating four other incidents in the massacre story were attached to the granite base. Two of these disappeared in the 1920s and two are in storage. Bach and Gray publication provided granite as the base media and the SOS survey questionnaire provided marble. Sculpture was originally located on Prairie Avenue, close to where the attack occurred, but in 1931 it was moved to the lobby of the Chicago Historical Society. It was returned to an outdoor location near Prairie sometime after it was photographed for the Riedy publication which shows the sculpture in the Chicago Historical Society lobby. References:  Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985 Chicago Historical Society, 1977. Riedy, James L., "Chicago Sculpture," Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1983, pg. 180-181. Bach, Ira J., and Mary Lackritz Gray, "A Guide to Chicago's Public Sculpture," Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1983, pg. 121-122. Save Outdoor Sculpture, Illinois, Chicago survey, 1992. National Society of Colonial Dames, Illinois, 2011. Illustration:  Image on file. Bach, Ira J., and Mary Lackritz Gray, "A Guide to Chicago's Public Sculpture," Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1983, pg. 121. 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 75004214   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 75004214 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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