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Image on file.
(Back of base:) Frances L. Wadsworth SC. 1952/Bedi-Rassy Art.Foundry.N.Y.C. (Base front:) COMMEMORATING THE FOUNDERS OF THE/AMERICAN SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF/AMERICA'S PIONEER INSTITUTION FOR THE HANDICAPPED/AT HARTFORD APRIL 15, 1817/THOMAS HOPKINS GALLAUDET/MASON FITCH COGSWELL LAURENT CLERC/Dedicated By The/New England Gallaudet Association Of The Deaf/To Express The Gratitude Of The Deaf Of The Nation/April 15, 1953 (Back of base lists the 63 incorporators of the school) signed Founder's mark appears.
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Summary:
"A larger than life young female figure who is standing in the palms of two cupped hands of even greater scale; the fingers of the hands, which are joined at the thumbs, are raised upward. The female figure, who is dressed in a 19th century frock, faces east with her gaze slightly tilted toward her proper left. Her proper left arm is bent at the elbow and clasps a manuscript to her breast; her proper right arm points downward and touches one of the enfolding hands. Her proper right knee is slightly bent, suggesting forward motion. Resting in front of her, on the rock-like sculptural base, is an open book and quill pen."
