Thomas Jefferson - North side of Rotunda - Charlottesville, VA
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The standing Thomas Jefferson greets people to be educated so that human and religious freedoms are defended.
Waymark Code: WM8JEB
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 04/09/2010
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Official Description: Portrait of Thomas Jefferson standing on top of a replica of the "Liberty Bell" before it was cracked. Placed at intervals around the bell are four winged, allegorical figures: at the front is Liberty, at the back is Justice, on Jefferson's proper right is Human Freedom, and on Jefferson's proper left is Religious Freedom. Religious Freedom holds a tablet, and Jefferson holds a scroll which represents the Declaration of Independence.
Inscriptions:
PROCLAIM LIBERTY THROUGHOUT ALL THE LAND UNTO THE INHABITANTS THEREOF (LEV. XXIV)
TO PERPETUATE THE TEACHINGS AND EXAMPLES OF THE FOUNDERS OF THE REPUBLIC. THIS MONUMENT TO THOMAS JEFFERSON WAS PRESENTED TO THE PEOPLE
Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776
Religious Freedom of 1776 God, Jehovah, Brahma, Atma Ra Alla Zeus. signed Founder's mark appears.
Guss u.w.u. by P. Glaskenbeck, Friederigshagen
M. Ezekiel 1898
M. Ezekiel - Rome
Right in front of the Rotunda.
TITLE: Thomas Jefferson
ARTIST(S): Sir Moses Jacob Ezekiel
DATE: Dedicated June 15, 1910.
MEDIUM: Sculpture: bronze; Upper base: red marble; Lower base: granite.
CONTROL NUMBER: IAS VA000023
Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link]
PHYSICAL LOCATION:
University of Virginia
North side of Rotunda, lower terrace level
Charlottesville, Virginia
DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH:
None noted
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