Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite with bronze plaques
Type:
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures-Gravestone
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Mount Peace Cemetery 3111 West Lehigh Avenue Philadelphia Pennsylvania
Date:
1913. Dedicated May 10, 1913
Notes:
Fairmount Park Art Assoc., "Sculpture of a City: Philadelphia's Treasures in Bronze & Stone," NY: Walker Publ., 1974, pg. 224.
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. 224.
(Base, front plaque:) ERECTED AND DEDICATED MAY 10, 1913 BY THE/INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS/OF PENNSYLVANIA/IN MEMORY OF/JAMES BARTRAM NICHOLSON/PAST GRAND SIRE OF SOVEREIGN LODGE/PAST GRAND MASTER AND GRAND SECRETARY/OF GRAND LODGE.I.O.O.F. OF PENNSYLVANIA/IN RECOGNITION OF HIS VALUABLE SERVICES/IN BEHALF OF THE ORDER unsigned
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Summary:
Standing portrait of Nicolson dressed in a shirt with a high collar, a bow tie, a buttoned vest, and a long double-breasted coat which hangs open. His proper left hand rests on a short pillar on his proper left side. His proper right hand is holding papers down at his side. The sculpture rests on a tiered base adorned on the front with an inscription plaque and a three-link chain, and on the back with an inscription plaque.
