<em>William Seward and Harriet Tubman Statue</em> (Schenectady, NY)
<p>Subject (Topic) <br />Abolitionist--United States<br />Antislavery movements--United States <br />New York--History<br />Northeastern United States <br />Public art <br />Public sculpture <br />Underground Railroad</p>
<p>Subject (Name) <br />Tubman, Harriet, 1822-1913<br />Seward, William Henry, 1801-1872</p>
<p>Subject (Object Type) <br />Commemorative sculpture</p>
Life-size statue of William Seward and Harriet Tubman standing on Mohawk Valley ordovician dolostone inside a garden bed. Seward stands with a cane in his right hand and his left arm around the back of Tubman. He wears nineteenth-century clothing including a jacket, vest, and pants. Tubman gestures with her right hand and carries a walking stick in her left hand. She wears a bodice and skirt. Draped across her chest is a sack with the end of a revolver visible.
Benedict, Dexter, 1944-
Photographs by Renée Ater
Dedication: May 17, 2019
Board of Trustees of the Schenectady County Public Library; and Community Members: <span class="color15">Virginia and Frank Wicks; Carl George; Anita Paul and David Gerhan</span>; <span class="color15">Jim and Jean Underwood</span>; <span class="color15">Linda Patrik and David Kaczynski</span>; <span class="color15">Twitty and Constance Styles; Cara Molyneaux</span>; <span class="color15">Arnold Seiken</span>; <span class="color15">Roger Hull; Brian and Judith Merriam</span>; <span class="color15">Robert Ringlee; Miriam Butzel; Butzel Family Foundation</span>; <span class="color15">Norman Maender</span>; <span class="color15">David and Jean Cossey</span>; <span class="color15">Carmela St George</span>; <span class="color15">Barbara Armstrong and Robert Coppola</span>; <span class="color15">Rhonda Becker</span>; <span class="color15">Anastasia Pease</span>; <span class="color15">Eshragh Motahar</span>; <span class="color15">Paul and Christina Friedman</span>; <span class="color15">Katherine Lynes</span>; <span class="color15">Roger and Seneca Hoerl</span>; <span class="color15">Karen and Rodney Crosby</span>; <span class="color15">David and Ann Songayllo Hannay; Cherrice Traver</span>; <span class="color15">Jonathan and Rachel Marr</span>; <span class="color15">Marsha and Leonard Mortimore</span>; <span class="color15">James and Jean McLaughlin</span>; <span class="color15">Andrea Worthington and Robert Olberg</span>; <span class="color15">Kesheng Yu</span>; <span class="color15">Paul Wehrum</span>; <span class="color15">Barry Kramer</span>; <span class="color15">Rebecca Koopman</span>; <span class="color15">Assemblyman Angelo Santabarbara</span>; <span class="color15">Ted Vinick</span>; <span class="color15">Becky Cortez</span>; <span class="color15">Martha Huggins and Malcolm Willison</span>; <span class="color15">Faith and Dexter Benedict</span>; <span class="color15">Mary and Phillip Lyford</span>; <span class="color15">Clifford Brown</span>; <span class="color15">Caroline Bardwell</span>; <span class="color15">Margaret Craven Snowden, M.D.</span>; <span class="color15">Nancy Papish</span>; <span class="color15">Julie Pieper-Hemmings</span>; <span class="color15">Senator James Tedisco</span>; <span class="color15">Charles and Linda Becker</span>; <span class="color15">Charles and Marianne Szuberla</span>; <span class="color15">Patricia and Keith Barney</span>l; <span class="color15">Wayne and Amy Brule</span>; <span class="color15">Jim and Cei Mack</span>; <span class="color15">Martin and Sharon Strosberg</span>; <span class="color15">Mary O’Keeffe</span>; <span class="color15">Margo and James Strosberg, M.D.</span>; <span class="color15">Peter and Judy Nocera</span>; <span class="color15">Mary and Thomas Werner; Michele and Randall Collins</span>; <span class="color15">Donald O. Reid</span>; <span class="color15">Darren and Lisa Tracy</span>; <span class="color15">West Branch Engineering and Consulting</span>; <span class="color15">Philip and Jo Ann Adams</span>; <span class="color15">Kenneth Baker</span>; <span class="color15">Marcia M. Steiner</span>; <span class="color15">Nicholas C. Barber</span>; <span class="color15">Carmel Patrick</span>; <span class="color15">Alden and Gay Doolittle</span>; <span class="color15">Betty Pieper</span>; <span class="color15">Robert McEvoy</span>; <span class="color15">Joe Spedafora</span>; <span class="color15">Linda Patrik and David Kaczynski</span>; <span class="color15">Matthew George</span>; <span class="color15">Brian Reh; Anita Paul</span>; <span class="color15">Susan and Gustave Davis, M.D.</span>; <span class="color15">Lek and James Meyer</span>; <span class="color15">Laura Lee</span>; <span class="color15">First Reformed Church of Schenectady</span>; <span class="color15">Wicks Family; Jim and Carol McCord</span>; <span class="color15">Capital District Civil War Round Table</span>; <span class="color15">Jonathan R. Miller (in memory of Aaron Rees ’95)</span>; <span class="color15">Kathleen Pierone</span>; <span class="color15">Ann M. Cole</span>; <span class="color15">Professional Women</span>; <span class="color15">Schenectady County Historical Society</span>; <span class="color15">Hugh and Vaughn Nevin</span>; <span class="color15">John Polimeni</span>; <span class="color15">John and Lucy Halstead</span>; <span class="color15">Kim and Gary Mabee</span>; <span class="color15">Naomi Bristol</span>; <span class="color15">Lois and Richardson Atkinson</span>; <span class="color15">Brendan Degan Weingarten Savage</span>; <span class="color15">Henry M. Butzel Family Foundation</span>; <span class="color15">Lidia Pasamanick</span>; <span class="color15">The Honorable Richard and Bernice Russo</span>; <span class="color15">Touhey Family Foundation; John and Margaret Watraus</span>; <span class="color15">Susan Savage</span>; <span class="color15">Daniel and Shari Grygas</span>; <span class="color15">David Gerhan and Anita Paul</span>; <span class="color15">Deborah LaFond</span>; <span class="color15">Betty Carol Barlyn</span>; <span class="color15">Willie Terry</span>; <span class="color15">Mario Salerno</span>; <span class="color15">Philip Hilferty</span>; <span class="color15">Lewis and Irene Greenstein</span>; <span class="color15">Kim Scheverman</span>; <span class="color15">Arnold and Ione Seiken</span>; <span class="color15">David and Karen Bradley</span>; <span class="color15">David Kaczynski and Linda Patrik; The Brockbank Family</span>; <span class="color15">Estate of Marjorie Kenney (in Memory of Alice P Kenney); William Keat</span>; <span class="color15">Eric Bersch</span>; <span class="color15">Liz Paul and Paul John</span>; <span class="color15">Rene and William Curtin</span>; <span class="color15">Steve Rockwell</span>; <span class="color15">Jean Libby</span>; <span class="color15">The Reverend Ruby J. Smith</span>; <span class="color15">Dr Nancy D. Fitzroy</span>; <span class="color15">Janis Polishook</span>; <span class="color15">L. William Davis</span>; <span class="color15">Dr Walter and Anne Robb</span>; <span class="color15">Bradley and Catherine Lewis</span>; <span class="color15">Christopher Gardner</span>; <span class="color15">Kathleen LoGiudice and John Blanchard</span>; <span class="color15">Christopher Leonard</span>; <span class="color15">Philip M. Williamson</span>; <span class="color15">Jean Hayden Hutchins (in Memory of Dr Charles Steinmetz)</span>; <span class="color15">Eric and Kent Johnson (in Memory of Mayor Karen Johnson)</span>; and <span class="color15">The Wicks Family (in Memory of Dr Rollo and Hazel Wicks).</span><o:p></o:p>
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<a href="https://www.tubmansewardstatue.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Harriet Tubman and William Seward: Leaders for Freedom and Justice</a>
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Karen B. Johnson Schenectady County Public Library, 99 Clinton Street, Schenectady, New York, 12305, United States
<em>Harriet Tubman Memorial Plaque</em> (Auburn, NY)
<p>Subject (Topic) <br />Abolitionist--United States<br />Antislavery movements--United States <br />New York--History<br />Northeastern United States <br />Public art <br />Public sculpture <br />Underground Railroad</p>
<p>Subject (Name) <br />Tubman, Harriet, 1822-1913</p>
<p>Subject (Object Type) <br />Commemorative sculpture</p>
Bronze plaque with a portrait of Harriet Tubman based on a 1890s photograph.
Citizens of Auburn
Photograph by Renée Ater
Dedicated: June 14, 1914
Citizens of Auburn
Cayuga County Courthouse, 152 Genesee Street, Auburn, New York, 13021, United States
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Cayuga County Courthouse, 152 Genesee Street, Auburn, New York, 13021, United States
<em>Harriet Tubman</em> (St. Catharines, Ontario)
<p>Subject (Topic)<br />Abolitionists--United States <br />Antislavery movements--Canada <br />Public art <br />Public sculpture<br />Underground Railroad</p>
<p>Subject (Name)<br />Tubman, Harriet, 1822-1913</p>
<p>Subject (Object Type)<br />Commemorative sculpture</p>
Portrait sculpture of Harriet Tubman, seated in a chair and holding a book in her hand.
Rekrut, Frank, 1959
Photographs by Renée Ater
Dedicated: February 9, 2016
District School Board of Niagara, St. Catharines, Ontario; and Ciglia & Carrai Foundry, Florence, Italy.
District School Board of Niagara, 191 Carlton St, St. Catharines, Ontario, L2R 7P4, Canada
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Harriet Tubman Public School, 84 Henry Street, St. Catharines, Ontario, L2R 5V4, Canada
<em>Harriet Tubman</em> (Salem Chapel, St. Catharines, Ontario)
<p>Subject (Topic)<br />Abolitionists--United States <br />Antislavery movements--Canada <br />Public art <br />Public sculpture<br />Underground Railroad</p>
<p>Subject (Name)<br />Tubman, Harriet, 1822-1913</p>
<p>Subject (Object Type)<br />Commemorative sculpture</p>
Half bust portrait of Harriet Tubman situated in a meditation garden next to British Methodist Episcopal Church of Canada-Salem Chapel, St. Catharines, Ontario.
Rekrut, Frank, 1959-
Photographs by Renée Ater
Dedicated: September 13, 2010
Frank Rekrut (donation); St. Catharines Green Committee ; St. Catharines Horticultural Society, Eco Landscape Design; and Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada and Parks Canada.
British Methodist Episcopal Church of Canada-Salem Chapel, 92 Geneva St, St. Catharines, Ontario, L2R 4N2, Canada
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British Methodist Episcopal Church of Canada-Salem Chapel, 92 Geneva St, St. Catharines, Ontario, L2R 4N2, Canada
<em>Graffiti Harriet</em> (empheral)
<p>Subject (Topic) <br />Abolitionists--United States<br />Anti-slavery movements--United States<br />Northeastern United States <br />Public art <br />Public sculpture <br />Temporary art<br />Underground Railroad</p>
<p>Subject (Name) <br />Tubman, Harriet, 1822-1913</p>
<p>Subject (Object Type) <br />Commemorative sculpture</p>
A monumental sculpture of Harriet Tubman made of soil, clay, and straw, is scrawled with the words from Frederick Douglass. The sculpture is made from perishable materials, meant to dissolve over the winter. Scott designed the sculpture so that remains will include the beaded patchwork and gun.
Scott, Joyce J., 1948-
Photograph: Bryan Anselm, New York Times, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/04/arts/design/joyce-j-scott-grounds-for-sculpture-harriet-tubman.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/04/arts/design/joyce-j-scott-grounds-for-sculpture-harriet-tubman.html</a>
Installed: October 20, 2017-April 1, 2018
Grounds for Sculpture; Lowery Stokes Sims; Patterson Sims; Seph Rodney; Robbye D. and Kevin Apperson; Jacqueline and Rene Copeland; Mike De Paola; Gordon and Lulie Gund; Greg Kucera and Larry Yocum; Barbara Lawrence and Allen Laskin; Martha Macks-Kahn; Henry Thaggert; Alan White; Clifford Ward (resident artist Grounds for Sculpture); Jeff Capes (contractor); Jason Wright; The Seward Johnson Atelier (Hamilton, NJ); John Lash and the Digital Atelier (Mercerville, NJ); and Tim McFadden and McFadden Art Glass (Baltimore, MD)
Grounds for Sculpture, 80 Sculptors Way, Hamilton, New Jersey, 08619, United States
<a href="https://www.slaverymonuments.org/items/show/14" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><i>Araminta With Rifle and Veve</i>, Grounds for Sculpture</a>
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Grounds for Sculpture, 80 Sculptors Way, Hamilton, New Jersey, 08619, United States
<em>Araminta With Rifle and Veve</em> (empheral)
<p>Subject (Topic) <br />Abolitionists--United States<br />Anti-slavery movements--United States<br />Northeastern United States <br />Public art <br />Public sculpture <br />Temporary art<br />Underground Railroad</p>
<p>Subject (Name) <br />Tubman, Harriet, 1822-1913</p>
<p>Subject (Object Type) <br />Commemorative sculpture</p>
A monumental outdoor figure of Harriet Tubman armed with a long rifle and further fortified with a bronze-colored patina. Tubman stands on numerous quilts.
Scott, Joyce J., 1948-
Photograph: Bryan Anselm, New York Times, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/04/arts/design/joyce-j-scott-grounds-for-sculpture-harriet-tubman.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/04/arts/design/joyce-j-scott-grounds-for-sculpture-harriet-tubman.html</a>
Installed: October 20, 2017-April 1, 2018
Grounds for Sculpture; Lowery Stokes Sims; Patterson Sims; Seph Rodney; Robbye D. and Kevin Apperson; Jacqueline and Rene Copeland; Mike De Paola; Gordon and Lulie Gund; Greg Kucera and Larry Yocum; Barbara Lawrence and Allen Laskin; Martha Macks-Kahn; Henry Thaggert; Alan White; Clifford Ward (resident artist Grounds for Sculpture); Jeff Capes (contractor); Jason Wright; The Seward Johnson Atelier (Hamilton, NJ); John Lash and the Digital Atelier (Mercerville, NJ); and Timothy McFadden and McFadden Art Glass (Baltimore, MD)
Grounds for Sculpture, 80 Sculptors Way, Hamilton, New Jersey, 08619, United States
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Grounds for Sculpture, 80 Sculptors Way, Hamilton, New Jersey, 08619, United States
<i>Swing Low: Harriet Tubman Memorial</i> (reduced version) (Scripps College, Claremont, CA)
<p>Subject (Topic) <br />Abolitionists--United States<br />Anti-slavery movements--United States<br />American West <br />California--History<br />Public art <br />Public sculpture <br />Underground Railroad</p>
<p>Subject (Name) <br />Tubman, Harriet, 1822-1913</p>
<p>Subject (Object Type) <br />Commemorative scupture</p>
Portrait sculpture of Harriet Tubman based on the full-scale <i>Swing Low: Harriet Tubman Memorial</i> in New York City.
Saar, Alison, 1956-
Photograph: Scripps College, <a href="https://www.scrippscollege.edu/news/releases/scripps-college-to-dedicate-sculpture-of-harriet-tubman-for-new-sculpture-garden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.scrippscollege.edu/news/releases/scripps-college-to-dedicate-sculpture-of-harriet-tubman-for-new-sculpture-garden</a>
Dedication: March 10, 2010
Installation made possible with gifts from Jacqueline Avant, Carol Vernon, and Robert Turbin
Scripps College, 1030 Columbia Avenue, Claremont, California, 91711, United States
<a href="https://www.slaverymonuments.org/items/show/12" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"> <i>Swing Low: Harriet Tubman Memorial</i>, New York City, New York</a>
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Bixby Court, Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, 251 E 11 Street, Claremont, California, 91711, United States
<em>Swing Low: Harriet Tubman Memorial</em> (New York City)
<p>Subject (Topic) <br />Abolitionists--United States<br />Anti-slavery movements--United States<br />New York--History<br />Northeastern United States <br />Public art <br />Public sculpture <br />Underground Railroad</p>
<p>Subject (Name) <br />Tubman, Harriet, 1822-1913</p>
<p>Subject (Object Type) <br />Commemorative sculpture</p>
Over-life size portrait sculpture of Harriet Tubman. Signed by the artist: A. Saar, 2006. Foundry stamp: DS/Decker Studios.
Saar, Alison, 1956-
Photographs by Renée Ater
Dedicated: November 13, 2008
Quennell Rothschild & Partners, LLP (landscape architects), New York, New York; URS Corporation (engineering), New York, New York; City of New York; Manhattan Borough President’s Office; NYC Department of Cultural Affairs Percent for Art Program; NYC Department of Parks and Recreation; NYC Department of Design and Construction; and NYC Department of Transportation
NYC Department of Cultural Affairs Percent for Art Program, 31 Chambers Street, 2nd Floor, New York, New York, 10007, United States
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYxY4hEECQY" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">“It’s My Park: Harriet Tubman Memorial,” NYC Parks, February 6, 2012</a>
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Harriet Tubman Plaza, St. Nicholas Avenue, West 122nd Street, and Frederick Douglass Boulevard, New York City, New York, 07062, United States
<em>Harriet Tubman</em> (Salisbury University, Salisbury, MD)
<p>Subject (Topic) <br />Abolitionists--United States<br />Antislavery movements--United States <br />Maryland--History<br />Northeastern United States <br />Public art <br />Public sculpture <br />Slavery--Maryland<br />Underground Railroad</p>
<p>Subject (Name) <br />Tubman, Harriet, 1822-1913</p>
<p>Subject (Object Type) <br />Commemorative sculpture</p>
Harriet Tubman wears a nineteenth-century inspired dress. On her left shoulder sits a saw-whet owl, at her right foot rests a rabbit. She extends her right arm into the air, perpendicular to her body. Ten seashells are sculpted into the base of the monument.
Hill, James K., 1945-
Photographs by Renée Ater
Dedicated: September 22, 2009
Salisbury University (funder); Students assisting with the project included Mike Benson, Jason Bromley, Jen Drake, Sarah Halcot, Christopher Hill, Robbie Johnson, Sam Jones, Diana Mosteller, Keely Patton, Tom Ruch, Dan Stachurski, Phillip Taylor and Tom Wright. SU faculty emeritus Gerry Patt Jr. helped with the sculpture’s casting. Faculty emerita Marie Cavallaro documented the procedure.
Salisbury University, 1101 Camden Avenue, Salisbury, Maryland, 21801, United States
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Teacher Education and Technology Center, Salisbury University, S. Salisbury Boulevard (BUS. 13), Salisbury, Maryland, 21801, United States
<em>Harriet Ross Tubman Memorial</em> (Bristol, PA)
<p>Subject (Topic) <br />Abolitionists--United States<br />Antislavery movements--United States <br />Northeastern United States <br />Pennsylvania--History<br />Public art <br />Public sculpture <br />Underground Railroad</p>
<p>Subject (Name) <br />Tubman, Harriet, 1822-1913</p>
<p>Subject (Object Type) <br />Commemorative sculpture</p>
Single figure of Harriet Tubman, wearing a coat, haversack slung over her right shoulder, and a pistol at her waist. Tubman points her right hand toward the sky, symbolic of the “North Star.” Signed by the artist: James L. Gafgen, 2005. Foundry stamp: Art Research Enterprises: The Art Foundry.
Gafgen, James L., 1939-
Photographs by Renée Ater
Dedicated: June 24, 2006
William H. Smith (Design); Sydney L. Taylor and the African-American Historical and Cultural Society of Bucks County; The Bucks County Committee For Interracial Harmony; State of Pennsylvania; and Mayor and Council of the Borough of Bristol.
Bristol Township, 2501 Bath Road, Bristol, Pennsylvania, 19007, United States
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Bristol Lions Park, 150 Basin Park, Bristol, Pennsylvania, 19007, United States