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Dupre, Judith, "Monuments: America's History in Art and Memory," New York, NY: Random House, Inc., 2007, pg. 67.
"Antoine Mercie, Sculptor of the Lee Monument: The French Academic Tradition in American Public Sculpture," University of Richmond, Marsh Gallery, 1990 (exhibition brochure), pg. 22.
(On west side of globe:) F. W. Sievers Sc 1929 (On back of globe, near base:) Kunst Foundry, N.Y. (On proper right side of figure, near base:) F. Wm. Sievers Sc 1927 (On front of figure's granite base:) MAURY/PATHFINDER OF THE SEAS signed Founder's mark appears.
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Summary:
A seated bronze portrait of Matthew Fontaine Maury with a scroll in his proper left hand is installed atop a circular granite base that joins a tall circular base topped by a huge bronze globe. At the foot of the globe a storm is raging with figures being tossed by the swirling waves. The figures symbolize Maury's study of the ocean winds and currents. Carved around the top of the granite base is a band of birds and carved around the bottom of the granite base is a band of fish. A wrought iron fence surrounds the base.
