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Witherspoon Building Figures: Samuel Davies, (sculpture)

Catalog Data

Sculptor:
Calder, Alexander Stirling 1870-1945  Search this
Subject:
Davies, Samuel  Search this
Medium:
Sculpture: cast stone; Base: cast stone
Type:
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Presbyterian Historical Society 425 Lombard Street Courtyard Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19147
Date:
1898-1899. Relocated 1961
Notes:
Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.
Fairmount Park Art Assoc., "Sculpture of a City: Philadelphia's Treasures in Bronze & Stone," NY: Walker Publ., 1974, pg. 209.
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia survey, 1993.
Image on file.
Fairmount Park Art Assoc., "Sculpture of a City: Philadelphia's Treasures in Bronze & Stone," NY: Walker Publ., 1974, pg. 209.
unsigned
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Sixty Eighth Annual Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 1899.
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.
Summary:
One of six figures of prominent Presbyterians which are installed in two groups of three along the wall of the building's courtyard. Portrait of Samuel Davies dressed in a knee-length cape over a knee-length, buttoned coat with a tie at the neck. He has a large, wide-brimmed hat on his head which shields he face slightly. His arms are bent across his middle and are covered by the cape. His hands grasp the outside edge of the cape and pull it in front of him at his waist. His proper left hand rests on top on his right. His head faces forward and he look down slightly. He has short hair and a full beard. Constructed of four hollow, cast-stone segments joined by a 1/2-3/4 inch thick layer of mortar, the figure of Samuel Davies rests on a low, square-shaped, cast stone base.
Topic:
Portrait male--Full length  Search this
Dress--Historic--Eighteenth Century Dress  Search this
Occupation--Education--Teacher  Search this
Occupation--Education--Orator  Search this
Occupation--Religion  Search this
Control number:
IAS 88320052
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_307247