Frederick Douglass (West Chester University, West Chester, Pennsylvania)
Dublin Core
Title
Frederick Douglass (West Chester University, West Chester, Pennsylvania)
Subject
Subject (Topic)
Abolitionists--United States
Antislavery movements--United States
Middle Atlantic States
Pennsylvania--History
Public art
Public sculpture
Subject (Name)
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
Subject (Object Type)
Commemorative sculpture
Description
The ten-foot-tall bronze statue of a young Frederick Douglass casts his gaze forward and ever-so-slightly downward toward an imagined viewer. Standing squarely forward, Douglass' left knee is slightly raised as if he were on the verge of walking off the granite pedestal. In his right hand, Douglass holds a cane; in his left hand, he holds the end of a rope that coils around his torso and shoulders.
Creator
Blake, Richard, 1943-
Source
Photograph: West Chester University, https://www.flickr.com/photos/wcupa/14410155908
Date
October 1, 2013
Contributor
Frederick Douglass Statue Monument Project; Frederick Douglass Institute (C. James Trotman); and the West Chester University Foundation.
Rights
West Chester University, 700 South High Street, West Chester, Pennsylvania, 19383, United States
Format
JPEG
Language
English
Type
Visual Arts-Sculpture
Coverage
Clifford E. and Inez E. DeBaptiste Plaza, Philips Memorial Building, West Chester University, West Chester, Pennsylvania, 19382, United States
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Sculpture
Physical Dimensions
Statue: 90 in. (228.6 cm)
Base: 30 in. (76.2 cm.)
Base: 30 in. (76.2 cm.)
Collection
Citation
Blake, Richard, 1943-, “Frederick Douglass (West Chester University, West Chester, Pennsylvania),” Contemporary Monuments to the Slave Past, accessed September 20, 2024, https://mail.slaverymonuments.org/items/show/1188.