Frederick Douglass Memorial (Easton, MD)
Dublin Core
Title
Frederick Douglass Memorial (Easton, MD)
Subject
Subject (Topic)
Antislavery movements--United States
Abolitionists--United States
Maryland--History
Middle Atlantic States
Public art
Public sculpture
Slavery--Maryland
Subject (Name)
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
Subject (Object Type)
Commemorative sculpture
Description
Standing to the right of a lectern, Frederick Douglass is depicted as in elder statesman, with a furrowed brow and deep lines marking his face. Captured mid-speech, Douglass raises his right hand above his head in a rhetorical gesture, while his left-hand rests atop the lectern. The life-sized bronze figure rests on a base of stone. The work is located in front of the Maryland Circuit Court Judge’s Office in Easton, MD. Just to the right and in the same plaza is a monument to Confederate soldiers.
Creator
Carpenter, Jay Hall, 1961-
Source
Photographs by Renée Ater
Date
Dedication: June 18, 2011
Contributor
Frederick Douglass Honor Society (Eric Lowery, President); Town of Easton (Robert C. Wiley, Mayor); Talbot County Council (Dirck Bartlett, President); Frederick Douglass Monument Project of the Talbot County Historical Society, and the Frederick Douglass Memorial Action Committee.
Rights
Town of Easton, P.O. Box 520, Easton, Maryland, 21601, United States
Format
JPEG
Language
English
Type
Visual Arts-Sculpture
Coverage
11 N. Washington Street, Easton, Maryland, 21601, United States
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Sculpture
Physical Dimensions
Statue and base: 132 in. (335.28 cm.)
Collection
Citation
Carpenter, Jay Hall, 1961-, “Frederick Douglass Memorial (Easton, MD),” CMSP - Beta Test, accessed September 20, 2024, https://community-sourcing-beta-test.slaverymonuments.org/items/show/1186.