James Garfield Memorial, Philadelphia
Artist | Augustus Saint-Gaudens |
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Year | 1895 |
Type | Bronze |
Dimensions | 108.0 cm (42 1⁄2 in) |
Location | Philadelphia, United States |
39°58′26″N 75°11′26″W / 39.9739°N 75.1905°W | |
Owner | City of Philadelphia, Fairmount Park Commission. Commissioned by the Association for Public Art (formerly the Fairmount Park Art Association) |
James Garfield Memorial is an outdoor sculpture of James Garfield by Augustus Saint-Gaudens, located in Philadelphia's Fairmount Park on Kelly Drive below the Girard Avenue Bridge.[1] It is the second monument to be commissioned by the Association for Public Art (formerly the Fairmount Park Art Association).[2] The Fairmount Park Art Association initiated a fund in 1881 for the creation of the memorial following the assassination of President James A. Garfield, and in 1889, Augustus Saint-Gaudens was selected for the commission.[3] The monument was cast in 1895 and dedicated on May 30, 1896 by Mayor Charles F. Warwick.[4] The dedication ceremony included a grand river fete with parades and a flotilla along the Schuylkill River.[5] The monument is one of 51 sculptures included in the Association for Public Art's Museum Without Walls: AUDIO™ interpretive audio program for Philadelphia's outdoor sculpture.[6]
The inscription reads:
A. ST GAUDENS '95 (?)
Cast by the Henry-Bonnard Bronze Co.,
NY 1895
(Front of shield held by figure of Republic:)
E PLVRIBVS
VNVM
JAMES ABRAM
GARFIELD
PRESIDENT OF THE
VNITED STATES
MDCCC
LXXXI
(Base, above Republic's head:)
MDCCCXXXI
MDCCCLXXXI
(Base, below bust:)
MDCCCXCB
(Fairmount Park Art Association plaque appears on the lower front of the base.)
signed Founder's mark appears.
[7]
References
Garfield Monument, Association for Public Art[6] |
- ↑ Philadelphia Public Art
- ↑ "James A. Garfield Monument", Museum Without Walls: AUDIO™, Interactive map accessed March 1, 2013.
- ↑ Bach, Penny (1992). Public Art in Philadelphia. Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press. p. 207. ISBN 0-87722-822-1.
- ↑ Unveiling of the memorial to General James A. Garfield, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia ... May 30th, 1896
- ↑ Bach, Penny (1992). Public Art in Philadelphia. Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press. p. 68. ISBN 0-87722-822-1.
- 1 2 Garfield Monument (audio), Association for Public Art, Philadelphia, accessed March 1, 2013.
- ↑ "Bust of James Garfield, (sculpture)". Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved December 29, 2011.
External links
- "James A. Garfield Monument", Museum Without Walls: AUDIO™, Interactive map accessed March 1, 2013.