<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
<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>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
<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>Freedom Crossing Monument</em> (Lewiston, NY)
Subject (Topic)<br />Northeastern United States<br />Public art<br />Public sculpture<br />Underground Railroad
Subject (Name)<br />Tryon, Josiah, 1798-1886<br />Clark, Margaret Goff, 1913-2003
Subject (Object Type) <br />Commemorative sculpture
The monument consists of five bronze sculptures. The subjects are a family of freedom seekers including a father, mother and baby; Lewiston's Underground Railroad Station Master, Josiah Tryon; and the fictional heroine, Laura Eastman, from the <em>Freedom Crossing</em> book. A rowboat is at the center of the composition with teh mother seated in the boat as Tryon hands her the baby. Two figureds stand on rock meant to suggest the banks of the lower Niagara River.
Geissler, Susan, 1953-
<a href="http://www.susangeissler.com/freedom_crossing.htm" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Susan Geissler</a>
Dedicated: October 14, 2009
Historical Association of Lewiston, Inc.; Niagara River Greenway Commission; Town of Lewiston; Village of Lewiston; Lower Niagara River Region Chamber of Commerce; Margaret L. Wendt Foundation; and KeyBank Foundation.
Historical Association of Lewiston, Inc., 469 Plain Street, Lewiston, New York, 14092
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLJOH9Uriaw" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Freedom Crossing Monument Unveiling, October 14, 2009</a>
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<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>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>Frederick Douglass Monument</em> (University of Maryland, College Park, MD)
<p>Subject (Topic)<br />Abolitionists--United States<br />Antislavery movements--United States <br />Middle Atlantic States<br />Maryland--History<br />Public art <br />Public sculpture<br />Slavery--Maryland</p>
<p>Subject (Name)<br />Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895</p>
Subject (Object Type)<br />Commemorative sculpture
Full-size sculpture of Frederick Douglass portrays him in the middle of a speech, with one arm outstretched, and a copy of his autobiography under the other arm. His coat/cape billows out behind him in a swath of bronze.
Edwards, Andrew, 1965-
Photographs by Renée Ater
Dedicated: November 18, 2015
Ira Berlin and the North Stars; Facilities Management-UMD; Private donors; UMD Foundation; Maryland Commission on African American History and Culture; and Maryland Historical Trust.
University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, 20742, United States
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Frederick Douglass Square, 4130 Campus Drive, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, 20742, 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>“Spirit of Freedom”: African American Civil War Memorial</em> (Washington, D.C.)
Subject (Topic)<br />Men--United States Colored Troops<br />Associations--Military<br />Northeastern United States<br />Public art<br />Public sculpture
Subject (Object Type)<br />Commemorative sculpture
The work depicts three infantrymen and a sailor. Above the group is a personification of the "Spirit of Freedom." The other side of the statue includes a scene of a soldier and his family.
Hamilton, Ed, 1947-
Photographs by Renée Ater
Dedicated: July 18, 1998
The African American Civil War Memorial Freedom Foundation
National Park Service
<a href="https://www.afroamcivilwar.org/about-us/memorial-museum-history.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">African American Civil War Museum</a>
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1925 Vermont Ave, NW, Washington, DC, 20001, United States