Summary
The Francis Scott Key Monument is an outdoor sculpture of Francis Scott Key in Baltimore, Maryland, United States.
 The monument in 2011 | |
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| Location | Eutaw Place, Baltimore, Maryland, United States |
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| Designer | Antonin Mercié |
| Material | Marble, gold leaf |
| Completion date | 1911 |
| Dedicated date | 1911 |
| Dedicated to | Francis Scott Key |
History edit
Charles Marburg gave $25,000 to his brother Theodore Marburg to hire a sculptor to create a monument to Francis Scott Key. The French sculptor Antonin Mercié was selected. Mercié had previously created a bronze equestrian statue of Robert E. Lee in 1890 in Richmond, Virginia.[1] The sculpture was dedicated on Eutaw Place in 1911.[2]
The sculpture was restored and rededicated on September 11, 1999.[1]
The statue was defaced with the words "Racist Anthem" and covered in red paint in September 2017. The city quickly restored the monument, which now sits behind chain-link fencing.[3]
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Monument circa 1910 -
Monument circa 1920 -
Figure of Columbia with the American Flag -
Monument defaced in 2017
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References edit
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- ^ a b "Restored Key Monument Rededicated". Heritage Preservation. Retrieved April 26, 2011.
Charles Marburg gave $25,000 to his brother Theodore to commission a monument to his favorite poet, Francis Scott Key. The French sculptor Marius Jean Antonin Mercie was the selected artist. At the time, Mercié was known for European sculptures and the Robert E. Lee (1890) equestrian bronze in Richmond, Virginia, and collaboration with General Lafayette (1891) in the District of Columbia.
- ^ "Francis Scott Key Monument".
- ^ Campbell, Colin; Welsh, Sean (September 13, 2017). "Baltimore to keep, clean defaced Francis Scott Key statue". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved March 27, 2024.