Administered by City of New York Department of Parks and Recreation The Arsenal - Central Park New York New York 10021
Located Central Park Fifth Avenue and 91st Street New York New York 10021
Date:
Original 1913. Dedicated July 5, 1920
Notes:
Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985
The City of New York, Department of Parks, 1941.
Gayle, Margot & Michele Cohen, "Guide to Manhattan's Outdoor Sculpture," New York: Prentice Hall, 1988.
Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York, New York survey, 1993.
Image on file.
Gayle, Margot & Michele Cohen, "Guide to Manhattan's Outdoor Sculpture," New York: Prentice Hall, 1988, pg. 230.
(On plaque, under figure on left side:) GEO. FRAMPTON R.A./1913 (Front, center of plaque:) W. T. STEAD/1849 1912/THIS TRIBUTE TO THE MEMORY OF A/JOURNALIST OF WORLDWIDE RENOWN IS/ERECTED BY AMERICAN FRIENDS AND ADMIRERS. HE MET DEATH ABOARD THE/TITANIC APRIL 15, 1912. AND IS NUMBERED/AMONGST THOSE WHO, DYING NOBLY ENABLED OTHER TO LIVE/FINIS CORONAT OPVS. (Under figure on right:) FORTITUDE (Under figure on left:) SYMPATHY signed
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Summary:
Bronze relief plaque with profile of Stead above two allegorical figures set in a limestone slab base which is installed in an external wall of Central Park. The profile faces to the proper left and it is centered in the middle of two laurel leaf swags with an inscription below. A male figure of a knight representing Fortitude is on the lower right. His proper right hand is raised and may have held a sword. His proper left arm rests on a shield. A female figure of a nurse representing Sympathy is on the lower left. She wears a nurse's cap and a long cloak. She holds a wreath in her proper right hand and a torch in her proper left.
