Sculptor:

Doyle, Alexander 1857-1922  Search this

Contractor:

Fallon, J. P.  Search this

Founder:

Ames Manufacturing Company  Search this

Gorham Manufacturing Company  Search this

Fabricator:

Southern Granite Company  Search this

Subject:

Grady, Henry Woodfin  Search this

Medium:

Sculpture: bronze; Base: Georgia granite or Georgia marble

Type:

Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture

Sculptures

Owner/Location:

Administered by City of Atlanta Bureau of Cultural Affairs 675 Ponce de Leon Avenue, N.E Atlanta Georgia 30308

Located Henry Grady Square Marietta Street at Forsyth Street Atlanta Georgia

Date:

Modeled 1890. Dedicated Oct. 21, 1891

Notes:

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Georgia, Atlanta survey, 1993.

National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, GA0026, 1989.

Monumental News, June 1891, pg. 212.

Inventory staff, 2000, 2001.

Summary:

A memorial featuring a full-length portrait of Henry W. Grady, flanked on the lower level by two seated allegorical female figures. Grady is depicted as he is giving a speech, dressed in a long coat and vest. His proper right hand is raised to his chest. The seated female figures on the lower level of the base represent Memory and History. One figure holds a crown of laurel leaves; the other holds a pen in her proper right hand, a scroll in her proper left hand, her proper left foot atop a book.

Topic:

Portrait male--Full length  Search this

Figure female--Full length  Search this

Occupation--Writer--Editor  Search this

Occupation--Writer--Journalist  Search this

Allegory--Arts & Sciences--History  Search this

Allegory--Other--Memory  Search this

Dress--Historic--Classical Dress  Search this

Dress--Accessory--Hat  Search this

Object--Other--Writing Tool  Search this

Object--Written Matter--Book  Search this

Control number:

IAS GA000586

Data Source:

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_ari_338657