Thomas Francis Bayard-Wilmington, DE
Posted by: 
Don.Morfe
N 39° 45.882 W 075° 33.951
18S E 451533 N 4401794
This is a statue of a person who spent many years serving the public.
It is located on the green on Kentmere Parkway at the intersection of Red Oak Road in Wilmington DE 19806. It is across from the Delaware Art Museum.
Waymark Code: WM11D1T
Location: Delaware, United States
Date Posted: 09/30/2019
Views: 2
Text on the front of the monument:
Thomas Francis Bayard
Born October 29th – 1828
Died September 28th – 1898
“Bayard is the Purest and Most Patriotic man I know” Grover Cleveland
Text on the back of the monument:
United States District Attorney For Delaware 1853 – 1854
United States Senator from Delaware 1869 – 1885
Member United States Electoral Commission 1877
President Pro-Tem United States Senate 1881
Secretary of State of the United States 1885 – 1889
First United States Ambassador to Great Britain 1893 – 1897
The artist sculpture was Effie Stillman in 1904.
The material used is: Sculpture Bronze, Base Granite.
The size of the sculpture is full length.
Thomas Francis Bayard stands holding a scroll in his proper right hand and a robe or toga in his proper left hand. The scroll is his commission as Secretary of State, while the robe over his arm is the gown of a Doctor of Laws, representing his career as statesman, lawyer, and scholar. He stands on a multi-tiered base, with text plaques.
The photo of the back of the monument was taken by Keith S. Smith and posted on HMDB.ORG.
URL of the statue: Not listed
|
Visit Instructions:
You must have visited the site in person, not online.