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Chief Justice John Marshall

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Type
  
Bronze

Created
  
1883

Artist
  
William Wet Story

Year
  
1883

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Dimensions
  
190 cm × 130 cm × 196.9 cm (75 in × 51 in ×  77 ⁄2 in)

Location
  
Northeast, Washington, D.C., United States

Owner
  
General Services Administration

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Chief Justice John Marshall is a bronze sculpture of John Marshall, by American sculptor William Wetmore Story. It is located at the Supreme Court, 1 First Street, Northeast, Washington, D.C. It was dedicated on May 10, 1884, by Morrison Waite. It was relocated from the West Terrace, of the United States Capitol.

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There are two recasts:

  • at John Marshall Park, near Judiciary Square, C Street and 3rd Street, Northwest, Washington, D.C.,38.8933°N 77.0176°W / 38.8933; -77.0176
  • and at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, 26th Street and the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia.39.9662°N 75.1818°W / 39.9662; -75.1818
  • The inscription reads:
    W. W. STORY ROMA 1883
    J. ARTHUR LIMERICK CO
    FOUNDERS-BALTO-MD
    (Base, east side:)
    PRESENTED TO THE
    CITY OF PHILADELPHIA
    BY JAMES M. BUCK
    1931
    (seal of the Fairmount Park Art Association)
    (Base, west side:)
    JOHN MARSHALL
    CHIEF JUSTICE
    OF THE UNITED STATES
    1801-1835
    AS SOLDIER HE FOUGHT THAT THE
    NATION MIGHT COME INTO BEING
    AS EXPOUNDER OF THE CONSTITUTION
    HE GAVE IT LENGTH OF DAYS

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    References

    Chief Justice John Marshall Wikipedia