Catalogue of Bronze Base Reliefs, Medallions and other works (partial list)
This page is being updated. For now pictures of these medallions are located on the Miniatures Page. The Leonardo da Vinci plaque is located on the Larger Works Page under da Vinci. Pictures on this page will be uploaded soon).
Jeremiah Medallion: In the Union of Faiths We Are Fortified to Serve Mankind
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On one side is a head in base relief depicting suffering humanity and the seated future of Father Time, who is opening the pages of 1938 and weeping over them.
The reverse side bears the inscription: In the Union of Faiths we are Fortified to Serve Mankind. Above the inscription is a torch held up by three hands. 5,000 plaquettes have been made so far, the order having been given by Mr. and Mrs. Hammon Burton, of Baltimore. 1939 NCCJ - Jeremiah Medallion |
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The Dental Centenary Medallion 1840 -1940
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This medallion commemorates the 100th anniversary of the founding of the first dental school in the world in Baltimore, Maryland.
On the observe side: Saint Apollonia patron saint of Dentistry is represented seated between the portraits of the two founders of the school, Horace H. Hayden and Chapin A. Harris. On the reverse side: Motif of the National Dental Centenary Celebration. The three-legged pedestal - symbolic of dental Education, Literature, and Organization, the triad upon which rests our professional progress - supporting the ever burning flame of crowning brilliance, exemplifying achievements of the past, the fullness of the present and suggesting the future with its opportunities for continued and improved service to mankind. |
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The Dawn of American Freedom 1634 - 1934
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A bronze bas relief executed by Louis Rosenthal in 1934 in commemoration of Maryland's 330th anniversary. It depicts a youth holding a proclamation of freedom in his right hand and brushing away the clouds of bigotry with his left. Commissioned by the management of the Rex Theatre, a bronze cast of it will be placed in the theatre and another cast in bronze or in the ceramic method developed by Mr. Rosenthal has been offered for a historical Maryland shrine. In 1964 in honor of the State's 330th anniversary, The Dawn of American Freedom has been donated to the Baltimore Hebrew College by Louis E. Schechter.
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The Roosevelt Plaque for the National Foundation of Infantile Paralysis
- The emblem of The National Foundation of Infantile Paralysis. 1941
- At the base of the plaque are two dolphins representing the Atlantic and Pacific oceans portraying the extent of our activities for the relief of suffering. In the center of the composition an eagle turning the pages of a book represents the American people and the book itself symbolizes American history. The children look up at a base relief of President Roosevelt, view him as a symbol of encouragement since he, like they, overcame infantile paralysis. One of the children holds a broken crutch no longer needed as a result of the Foundation's work. A male figure represents Medicine and a female figure with a cornucopia identifies the abundance of the country's resources - health, happiness and prosperity. Out of the clouds at the top of the plaque, arises a hand bearing a torch, symbolizing Hope". - (reprinted from National Foundation News, February, 1942)
- "Nothing is closer to my heart than the health of our boys and girls and young men and young women, to me it is one of the front lines of our national defense".
John Barrymore Bronze Plaque
- Information will be added soon...
Almas Temple Bronze Base Relief
- Commissioned by the Hecht Co., the base relief plaque will be presented to the Almas Temple June 9, 1935 and unveiled by Miss Virginia Steuart, daughter of Imperial Potentate Leonard P. Steuart. It will commemorate the bringing of the Shrine Conclave to Washington.
Governor Albert C. Ritchie Bronze Plaque
- bronze base relief plaque of Albert C. Ritchie, Governor of Maryland commissioned by the Advertising Club of Baltimore. Displayed in Druid Hill Park and later moved to the State Office Building on Preston Street.
William James Dickey Medallion 1814 -1896
- centenary medal
Douglas H. Thomas, Jr. Bronze Plaque
- bronze relief plaque in memory of the architect of Gilman Hall, Johns Hopkins University
- Douglas H. Thomas, Jr, Architect by the Class of 1893
Leonardo da Vinci Bronze Plaque
- bronze base relief plaque
- organized the 500th anniversary celebration of Leonardo da Vinci
Miss America Statue on the boardwalk in Atlantic City
- commissioned by Mayor William Casey, City Commissioner of Atlantic City, George Tyson, Director of the Beauty Pagent and Frank Gravatt, owner of the Atlantic City Steel Pier
- The emblem of The National Foundation of Infantile Paralysis. 1941
- At the base of the plaque are two dolphins representing the Atlantic and Pacific oceans portraying the extent of our activities for the relief of suffering. In the center of the composition an eagle turning the pages of a book represents the American people and the book itself symbolizes American history. The children look up at a base relief of President Roosevelt, view him as a symbol of encouragement since he, like they, overcame infantile paralysis. One of the children holds a broken crutch no longer needed as a result of the Foundation's work. A male figure represents Medicine and a female figure with a cornucopia identifies the abundance of the country's resources - health, happiness and prosperity. Out of the clouds at the top of the plaque, arises a hand bearing a torch, symbolizing Hope". - (reprinted from National Foundation News, February, 1942)
- "Nothing is closer to my heart than the health of our boys and girls and young men and young women, to me it is one of the front lines of our national defense".
John Barrymore Bronze Plaque
- Information will be added soon...
Almas Temple Bronze Base Relief
- Commissioned by the Hecht Co., the base relief plaque will be presented to the Almas Temple June 9, 1935 and unveiled by Miss Virginia Steuart, daughter of Imperial Potentate Leonard P. Steuart. It will commemorate the bringing of the Shrine Conclave to Washington.
Governor Albert C. Ritchie Bronze Plaque
- bronze base relief plaque of Albert C. Ritchie, Governor of Maryland commissioned by the Advertising Club of Baltimore. Displayed in Druid Hill Park and later moved to the State Office Building on Preston Street.
William James Dickey Medallion 1814 -1896
- centenary medal
Douglas H. Thomas, Jr. Bronze Plaque
- bronze relief plaque in memory of the architect of Gilman Hall, Johns Hopkins University
- Douglas H. Thomas, Jr, Architect by the Class of 1893
Leonardo da Vinci Bronze Plaque
- bronze base relief plaque
- organized the 500th anniversary celebration of Leonardo da Vinci
Miss America Statue on the boardwalk in Atlantic City
- commissioned by Mayor William Casey, City Commissioner of Atlantic City, George Tyson, Director of the Beauty Pagent and Frank Gravatt, owner of the Atlantic City Steel Pier
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