Sculptor:

Valentine, Edward Virginius 1838-1930  Search this

Founder:

Gorham Manufacturing Company  Search this

Contractor:

Presbrey Coykendall Company  Search this

Subject:

Duke, Washington  Search this

Medium:

Sculpture: bronze: Base: Vermont granite

Type:

Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture

Sculptures

Owner/Location:

Coadministered by Duke University Archives 341 Perkins, Box 90202 Durham North Carolina 27708

Coadministered by Duke University Facilities Management Department 200 Facilities Center Durham North Carolina 27708

Located Duke University, East campus Durham North Carolina

Date:

1908. Dedicated June 10, 1908

Notes:

Save Outdoor Sculpture, North Carolina survey, 1995.

National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, NC0007, 1989.

Monumental News, March, July and Aug. 1908.

Summary:

Washington Duke is seated in an arm chair, wearing a suit. His proper left leg is crossed over his proper right leg. Proper right arm of the chair reveals a lion's head at the extremity of it.

Topic:

Portrait male--Full length  Search this

Occupation--Education  Search this

Occupation--Monetary--Philanthropist  Search this

Object--Furniture--Chair  Search this

Control number:

IAS NC000241

Data Source:

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_ari_327272