<em>Frederick Douglass</em> (Rochester, NY)
<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 />Slavery--New York</p>
<p>Subject (Name)<br />Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895</p>
<p>Subject (Object Type)<br />Commemorative sculpture</p>
To mark the bicentennial of Frederick Douglass’ birth, the City of Rochester, NY, commissioned Olivia Kim to create thirteen live-size portraits of Douglass, placing them throughout the city at sites significant to Douglass’s life and work. Kim took inspiration from Stanley W. Edwards’ 19th-century statue of Douglass, originally erected in front of the old New York Central Train Station in Rochester, NY. Although the works are fiberglass, Kim recreated the patinated bronze of Edward’s original work. Like Edward's original work, Douglass’ arms are slightly outstretched, his palms open upward. Kim used the hands of Kenneth B. Morris Jr., the great-great-great-grandson of Douglass, to create the hands of Douglass in her own work.
Kim, Olivia, 1979-
Photographs by Renée Ater
Dedicated: July 19, 2018
Rochester Community Media Center (Carven Eison); Rochester Contemporary Art Center (Bleu Cease); Frederick Douglass Family Initiatives; and Frederick Douglass Bicentennial Commemoration Committee.
City of Rochester, Department of Environmental Services, 30 Church Street, Rochester, New York, 14614, United States
<a href="https://www.slaverymonuments.org/items/show/1195" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Stanley W. Edwards, <em>Frederick Douglass</em>, 1899</a>
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School 12: Anna Murray Douglass Academy, 999 South Avenue, Rochester, New York, 14620, United States
<em>Frederick Douglass</em> (Rochester, NY)
<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 />Slavery--New York</p>
<p>Subject (Name)<br />Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895</p>
<p>Subject (Object Type)<br />Commemorative sculpture</p>
Sculptor Stanley W. Edwards modeled Douglass with his shoulders back, feet planted squarely forward, and his arms outstretched with his palms open as if he were addressing an audience. Mounted on the statue's pedestal are four bronze plaques, three of which are inscribed with quotes from Frederick Douglass. Photos of the monument were taken in Highland Bowl, Highland Park, Rochester, New York.
Edwards, Stanley W.
Photographs by Renée Ater
Dedicated: June 9, 1899
George A. Benton; Charles R. Douglass; Hester C. Jeffrey; Benjamin Myers; Nathan P. Pond; Governor Theodore Roosevelt; Enoch R. Spalding; William A. Sutherland; Gertrude A. Thompson; John W. Thompson; and John Van Voorhis.
City of Rochester, Department of Environmental Services, 30 Church Street, Rochester, New York, 14614, United States
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Frederick Douglass Memorial Plaza (South Ave and Robinson Drive), Rochester, New York, 14620, United States
<em>Frederick Douglass Circle</em> (Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY)
<p>Subject (Topic)<br />Abolitionists--United States<br />Anti-slavery movements--United States<br />Public art<br />Public sculpture<br />New York--History<br />Northeastern United States<br /><br /></p>
<p>Subject (Name)<br />Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895</p>
<p>Subject (Object Type)<br />Commemorative sculpture</p>
An elder Frederick Douglass is depicted seated on a scissors chair— the armrests are adorned with the faces of open-mouthed lions, while the chair’s legs have been carved in the shape of lion’s legs. In bas-relief, the chair’s back is embellished with a widely circulated 18th-century anti-slavery medallion manufactured by the English potter Josiah Wedgwood. The design, which was likely created by the sculptor Henry Webber, features an enslaved black man, kneeling and bound by chains. The text below the figure reads “Am I not a friend and a brother?” The medallion became an important emblem of the abolitionist movement in both Britain and the United States.
In Douglass's right hand, he holds the text to an 1883 speech that he delivered to mark the 20th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation. The speech is continued on the pavement.
Bagwell, Vinnie, 1957-
Photograph: Hofstra University, <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/hofstrauniversity/39344857345/in/photostream/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.flickr.com/photos/hofstrauniversity/39344857345/in/photostream/</a>
Dedicated: October 29, 2008
Hofstra University
Hofstra University Museum of Art, 112 Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York, 11549, United States
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Daniel L. Monroe Lecture Center Courtyard, South Campus, Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York, 11549, United States
<em>Let's Have Tea</em> (Rochester, NY)
<p>Subject (Topic):<br />Abolitionists--United States<br />Anti-slavery movements--United States<br />Public art<br />Public sculpture<br />New York--History<br />Northeastern United States<br />Women's suffrage</p>
<p>Subject (Name):<br />Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895<br />Anthony, Susan B., 1820-1806</p>
<p>Subject (Object Type):<br />Commemorative sculpture</p>
Seated in simple wooden chairs, Frederick Douglass and Susan B. Anthony engage in conversation over tea. On a table between them sits a tea pot, to tea cups and saucers, and two books. Douglass leans forward, his gaze cast slightly downward, listening intently to Anthony, who sits upright in her chair.
Kettavong, Pepsy M., 1972-
Photographs by Renée Ater
Installed: 2001
Susan B. Anthony Neighborhood Association and City of Rochester, NY.
City of Rochester, City Hall, 30 Church Street, Rochester, New York, 14614, United States
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Susan B. Anthony Square Park, 39 King Street, Rochester, New York, 14608, United States
<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>Jerry Rescue Monument</em> (Syracuse, NY)
Subject (Topic):<br />Slavery<br />Resistance<br />Slavery-Emancipation<br />Slavery- Abolition<br />Northeastern United States<br />Public art<br />Public sculpture
Subject (Object Type):<br />Commemorative sculpture
A concrete four-pointed star serves as the sculpture’s plinth. Three brick and concrete walls form a niche, which viewers are invited to physically occupy. Affixed to the brick walls, the niche contains bronze plaques explaining the history of Jerry Henry’s rescue and the symbolism of the sculpture. Emerging from the central brick wall, on the side that faces outward, away from the architectural niche, are three life-size bronze figures. Rendered in high relief, the artist, BuMann, depicts an imagined scene of Jerry’s rescue. A shirtless Henry, with broken shackles on his wrists, is helped to safety with the assistance of<a href="https://www.harvardsquarelibrary.org/biographies/samuel-joseph-may/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> Rev. Samuel J. May</a> and the <a href="https://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/loguen/summary.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rev. Jermain W. Loguen</a> (who was himself a formerly enslaved person), men who were not actually present during Jerry’s escape.
BuMann, Sharon; BuMann Studio
<a href="https://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMT5CW_Jerry_Rescue_Sculpture_Syracuse_NY" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Waymarking.com</a>
1990
To learn more about Jerry Henry's rescue, checkout <a href="https://library.syr.edu/digital/exhibits/u/undergroundrr/case3.htm">"The Jerry Rescue and Its Aftermath,</a>" a digital exhibition curated by the Special Collections Research Center of Syracuse University.
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Clinton Square, 161 W Genesee St, Syracuse, NY 13202
<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