Harriet Tubman (St. Catharines, Ontario)

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Title

Harriet Tubman (St. Catharines, Ontario)

Subject

Subject (Topic)
Abolitionists--United States
Antislavery movements--Canada
Public art
Public sculpture
Underground Railroad

Subject (Name)
Tubman, Harriet, 1822-1913

Subject (Object Type)
Commemorative sculpture

Description

Portrait sculpture of Harriet Tubman, seated in a chair and holding a book in her hand.

Creator

Rekrut, Frank, 1959

Source

Photographs by Renée Ater

Date

Dedicated: February 9, 2016

Contributor

District School Board of Niagara, St. Catharines, Ontario; and Ciglia & Carrai Foundry, Florence, Italy.

Rights

District School Board of Niagara, 191 Carlton St, St. Catharines, Ontario, L2R 7P4, Canada

Format

JPEG

Language

English

Type

Visual Arts-Sculpture

Coverage

Harriet Tubman Public School, 84 Henry Street, St. Catharines, Ontario, L2R 5V4, Canada

References

Monument and Myth: Commemorating Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad

Extent

Unknown

Medium

Bronze

Bibliographic Citation

"Sculpting Harriet Tubman: The Creative Process." TimmiStudio and The Florence Studio. Accessed September 18, 2018, http://sculptingharriettubman.timmistudio.com/.

Forsyth, Paul. "New Statue of Harriet Tubman Unveiled at School Named in Her Honour." NiagaraThisWeek.com. Accessed September 18, 2018,
https://www.niagarathisweek.com/news-story/6270533-new-statue-of-harriet-tubman-unveiled-at-school-named-in-her-honour/.

"Tubman Statue Unveiled at School." The Standard (St. Catharines), February 9, 2016. Accessed May 26, 2020, https://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/news-story/8185751-tubman-statue-unveiled-at-school/.

Rights Holder

Renée Ater

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Sculpture

Physical Dimensions