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Bust of Thomas Hart Benton

Bust of Thomas Hart Benton

Artist:
Alfred Coe
Central Library
Sculpture
This bust of Missouri native Thomas Hart Benton (1889-1975) depicts the artist in his last years. Coe's articulate rendering of Benton's facial dimens...
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Bust of John Barber White

Bust of John Barber White

Artist:
Joseph C. Dreyer
Central Library
Sculpture
This bronze bust depicts the lumber baron, John Barber White, and rests atop a green marble pedestal. John Barber White, researched and published his...
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Lewis and Clark Expedition

Lewis and Clark Expedition

Artist:
Eugene L. Daub
Central Library
Sculpture
This bronze sculpture of the Lewis and Clark Expedition team includes Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, York, Sacagawea, and Lewis's Newfoundland dog,...
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Terrarvm Orbis Geographica AC Hydrographic Tabvla Glass Bowl

Terrarvm Orbis Geographica AC Hydrographic Tabvla Glass Bowl

Artist:
Unknown
Central Library
Sculpture
This glass bowl is adorned with cartographic collage images. Three layers of concentric circles, comprised of maps from antiquity, cover the surface o...
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KCPL Commemorative Plate

KCPL Commemorative Plate

Artist:
Irma Starr
Central Library
Sculpture
Based in Kansas City, Irma Starr is a world-renowned potter who creates collectible works of art that are modeled after the 17th-century slipware styl...
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Bust of Dante

Bust of Dante

Artist:
Unknown
Central Library
Sculpture
Dante Alighieri, born 1265, was one of the greatest Italian poets during the late Middle Ages. Dante Alighieri , commonly known as Dante, was the tou...
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A Victorian Birdhouse

A Victorian Birdhouse

Artist:
Unknown
Central Library
Sculpture
This birdhouse was modeled after Victorian architecture with a tight, heightened layout that features a tower, multiple roof lines, gabled windows wit...
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Lehighton Letters

Lehighton Letters

Artist:
Richard J. Hinger
Central Library
Sculpture
Lehighton Letters is a series of works created for public libraries worldwide by found object sculptor Richard J. Hinger. Works from Lehighton Letters...
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Gilded Figures on a Dragon Barge

Gilded Figures on a Dragon Barge

Artist:
Unknown
Central Library
Sculpture
Asian influenced work, depicting sixteen upright attendants on a barge in the shape of a dragon. This appears to be a royal barge based on the use of...
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Scales of Justice front

Scales of Justice

Artist:
Unknown
Central Library
Sculpture
This equal-arm balance scale is comprised of metal (likely brass) and weighs in accordance with the metric system. The most simplistic version of a b...
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