Английская Википедия:George Peabody (sculpture)

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox artwork George Peabody is a bronze statue of George Peabody (1795–1869), by William Wetmore Story. The bronze, cast in Rome at Alessandro Nelli's foundry, is located in the east garden of Mount Vernon Place, Baltimore.

It was dedicated on April 7, 1890.[1]

Inscriptions

The inscriptions read:

(Sculpture, bronze base, back proper right side of figure:)
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(Plinth, bronze plaque on back:)
Шаблон:Center A signed founder's mark appears.

London statue

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The original statue by the Royal Exchange, London

The statue is a replica of one next to the Royal Exchange in the City of London, executed between 1867 and 1869, and unveiled in July 1869 shortly before Peabody's death.[2]

See also

References

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Further reading

  • Шаблон:Cite book: discusses the full circumstances of the commissioning, erection and reception of the original London statue.


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  1. Шаблон:Cite web
  2. See Ward-Jackson 2003, pp. 338–41.