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(Horace White and Son), (sculpture)

Catalog Data

Sculptor:
Tonetti, Francois Michel Louis 1863-1920  Search this
Architect:
Howells, John Mead 1868-1959  Search this
Founder:
Jno. Williams, Inc.  Search this
Subject:
White, Horace  Search this
Medium:
Relief plaque: bronze and stone; Base: stone
Type:
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures-Exedra
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Horace White Park Beloit Wisconsin
Date:
1918
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Wisconsin survey, 1993.
National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, WI0021, 1989.
Monumental News, April 1914, pg. 168.
Summary:
A bronze relief plaque portraying Horace White and his son Horace White, recessed into a stone exedra base with a smaller bronze plaque. In the large plaque, the father is depicted on the proper right with his proper left arm resting on his son's proper right shoulder. Above the large bronze plaque are Roman numerals carved into the stone. On either side of the Roman numerals are two rosettes. Beneath the large bronze plaque, there is a smaller bronze plaque set between two columns. On either side of the main base are curved stone benches, with Greek inscriptions on the back.
Topic:
Portrait male  Search this
Portrait group--Family--Father & Child  Search this
Control number:
IAS WI000260
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_330309