"Let There Be Light" - Scripps Park - Rushville, IL
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N 40° 07.031 W 090° 34.715
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Woman with arms raised as if she is holding something.
Waymark Code: WMK6MG
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 02/20/2014
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County of statue: Schuyler County
Location of statue: Scripps Park, Rushville
Title of statue: "LET THERE BE LIGHT"
Artist: George Gray Barnard, sculptor
Date sculpted: 1936
Statue placed by: Albert Morris Bagby
Text of base:
DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF
JOHN COURTS BAGBY
and
MARY AGNES SCRIPPS BAGBY, His Wife
"The Italian marble statue "Let There Be Light" is located near the tennis courts at Scripps Park. The statue was made by American sculptor George Gray Barnard, weighs five and one-half tons and sits on a three and one-half ton granite base. It was placed at the entrance of Scripps Park in 1936 by Albert Morris Bagby in memory of his parents, John Courts Bagby and Mary Agnes Scripps Bagby."
- © September 20, 2000
This is a replica of the original which is located: At Barnard's parents grave in Springdale Cemetery, Madison, Kentucky
A second replica is here:
"Let There be Light, by George Grey Barnard
This elegant bronze statue of a woman with uplifted arms by world-renowned sculptor, George Grey Barnard, is mounted on a granite base at the gravesite of founder Isaac Wolfe Bernheim and his wife. The sculpture stands above a stone semi-circle and is flanked by granite pylons representing the Jewish and Christian religions. A nearby bronze plaque reads: 'May light, the symbol of life and truth, illumine the paths of good citizenship and reason, and tolerance and fairness guide our relationship with our fellow men.'"
Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest, Kentucky