Dred and Harriet Scott (St. Louis, Missouri)

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Dublin Core

Title

Dred and Harriet Scott (St. Louis, Missouri)

Subject

Subject (Topic)
Abolitionists--United States
Antislavery movements--United States
Public art
Public sculpture
Slavery-Emancipation

Subject (Name)
Scott, Dred, 1799-1858
Scott, Harriet, 1815-1876

Subject (Object Type)
Commemorative sculpture

Description

A figurative statue of Dred and Harriet Scott. Dred Scott wears a suit with tie. He reaches his left arm behind Harriet Scott, embracing her; they also hold hands. Harriet Scott wears a full-length dress and turns her head upward.

Creator

Weber, Harry, 1942-

Source

Photograph from WikiData.

Date

June 8, 2012

Contributor

Dred Scott Heritage Foundation and National Park Service.

Rights

Regional Arts Commission of St. Louis (RAC), 6128 Delmar Boulevard, St. Louis, Ohio 63112, United States

Format

JPEG

Language

English

Type

Visual Arts-Sculpture

Coverage

Old Courthouse, 11 N. 4th Street, St. Louis, Missouri, 63102, United States

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Sculpture

Physical Dimensions

120 x 48 x 48 in. (304.8 x 121.92 x 121.92 cm.)

Citation

Weber, Harry, 1942-, “Dred and Harriet Scott (St. Louis, Missouri),” Contemporary Monuments to the Slave Past, accessed September 20, 2024, https://mail.slaverymonuments.org/items/show/1219.

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