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Sculptor:
Partridge, William Ordway 1861-1930  Search this
Architect:
Deacy, William Henry 1890-1967  Search this
Founder:
Jno. Williams, Inc.  Search this
Subject:
Greeley, Horace  Search this
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze; Base: Pompton pink granite or marble
Type:
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Administered by Town of Newcastle Department of Public Works 280 Hunts Lane Chappaqua New York 10514
Located Sawmill Parkway Chappaqua New York
Date:
Dedicated Feb. 3, 1914
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York survey, 1993.
Image on file.
(On bronze plaque on front of marble base, raised lettering:) HORACE GREELEY/PRINTER.EDITOR.STATESMAN./1811-1872/THIS STATUE WAS ERECTED BY HIS APPRECIATIVE/COUNTRYMEN THROUGH THE EFFORTS OF THE/CHAPPAQUA HISTORICAL SOCIETY/UNVEILED FEBRUARY 3, 1914/MEMORIAL COMMITTEE/JOHN I.D. BRISTOL, PRESIDENT JACOB ERLICH, TREASURER/VICTOR GUINZBURG, VICE PRESIDENT EDWIN BEDEL, SECRETARY/MORGAN COWPERTHWAIT ROBERT HAVILAND/GEORGE HUNT WILBUR HYATT GEORGE D. MACERY/HIRAM E. MANVILLE JOHN MCKESSON, JR. ALFRED H. SMITH/LOREN O. THOMPSON ROBERT TURNER/SCULPTOR/WILLIAM ORDWAY PARTRIDGE/ARCHITECT/WILLIAM HENRY DEACY unsigned
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Summary:
Horace Greeley stands holding a folded newspaper in his proper left hand at his side. His proper left foot is forward and he faces slightly to his proper left. Greeley is balding and wears a beard and sideburns. He is dressed in a knee-length waistcoat and jacket. The sculpture is mounted on a tapered pink stone base. The sculpture is placed in a circular landscaped area.
Topic:
Portrait male--Full Length  Search this
Occupation--Industry--Printing  Search this
Occupation--Writer--Editor  Search this
Occupation--Other--Reformer  Search this
Occupation--Political--Statesman  Search this
Object--Written Matter--Newspaper  Search this
Control number:
IAS NY001140
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_340928